ltrguy261

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My MG16 is officially up for sale in the market place if anyone is interested. If you check it out, let me know if you think my price is fair. Thanks guys and good luck to you all with your MG's (to those that still have them)

eddyeddy

Do you guys have any idea which size the engine ball bearings are?

I was going to change the piston/sleeve and discovered that the rear ball bearing lost its seal and let go one little sphere.

muck76

i'll look tonight to see if i have any notes on those yet. My flash drive is at home.... I knew i should have brought it to work today...

b_codrin

Hy Muck76, I just brought a CEN MG16 and i`m a bit confused regarding the base settings:

muck76

the top end needle is your high speed needle. You turn the needle in until it seats, then turn out the 2-1/2 turns. Bear in mind that setting is really rich. If you are breaking the engine in and having a hard time with it, you can tweak it in an 1/8th of a turn. Once set at the stock settings, turning in is leaning it, turning out is richening it.

The low end needle is the idle setting or low speed screw.
If you hop onto traxxas web site and look up a manual for a 2.5 engine, that break in procedure worked well for me with this engine.

Good luck and feel free to ask more questions.

eddyeddy

I usually run between 240 and 260. Top needle is set about 1.5 - 2 turns out.

Factory settings feels like too rich for me, almost bogging the engine.

muck76

it will bog, that is break in setting. Your HSN setting you mentioned sounds close to what i had when break in is done.

b_codrin

Hy again. Does anyone knows if mg16 comes with oil shocks from the factory or do i have to fill them after? Thanks in advance.

muck76

They come filled with oil from the factory

camo51

Hi guys. I got my MG16 nitro for sale on ebay, here is the item number if you are interested 130341473770, you just go to ebay and copy paste the item number on the search strip. Also, let me know what you think if you check it out.
later

muck76

ok, i have questions!

Where did you put the lipo, what body is that, and i did not know the CEN .18 had a blue head... how does the .18 work with the muffler?
the last one was more of a comment...

camo51

hey!!
the lipo is in the same batery compartment, I just had to grind the AA battery guides out. The battery is a losi 2 cell 7.4 1000 Mah battery (even had space leftout). I got the body from a guy on ebay, if you are interested you'll have to search on ebay UK and search for a 1/16 scale lexan body as it doesnt show with the name of the truck (it was like $25 with the shipping). I didnt konw Cen had that blue head eighter, I ordered the motor through their website and that was the .18 they shipped. Speed wise is about the same as the .15 but the response from the .18 engine is much better trhoughout the entire throttle travel. The muffler responds a bit better with the dual string but you have to put some small restriction to them or other wise the engine will bog at high RPM (in my case I used a couple of plastic ties) but if you are interested on a racing pipe that fits this truck check out HPI part#85057 and it will fit well using the CEN flexible exhaust manifold. This pipe will make the truck run better than anything else but because it will be a bit tight in there it will tend to overheat and damage the body.
[8D] later

mikeeh

I discovered that the HPI roto start for the S25 motor from my Savage bolts right up as long as you use the HPI S25 one way bearing.
No more pull start!

muck76

good to know! thanks for sharing

mikeeh

My pleasure, good cheap alternatives are right up my alley.

bronx boy

where do i get the wheel extensions

muck76

TRAXXAS Pede rear extensions work. New Era or Ebay

bronx boy

thanks bud my godson saw my mg 16 sitting on the shelf he asked when are we going to use it again so when he sees it next it will have a whole new attitude im looking at mt old st15 manifold anf a light gt 10 pipe i have laying around i think i can maguiver it in there somehow

muck76

CTR.5 pipe is what i wanted to use with a AE header..

bronx boy

i used the tower st 15 manifold into an old 1/8 u shaped manifold i cut the end off that goes on the engine into a xtm excelerator tuned pipe it is attached to the rear shock upper outside hole with a peice of old stainless bicycle spoke i always use the old spokes because you bend them anyway you want and they stay like that it almost looks like the exhaust on the hot saws that they use in the lumber jack competitions and it sounds great im going to look up those wheel extensions now ill let you know how i make out also i mounted a hump pack stradeled across the wheely bar up against the back of the truck kind of like the old stdium trucks once i get going on something there is no stopping me

muck76

what did you use for a pressure point for the fuel tank? Any pics?

A RX Lipo would work great in the truck and allow less weight of a 5 cell nimh pack on the rear.

bronx boy

the stock excelerator pipe is tapped in a perfect spot the nipple faces the top of the left rear upper wheel well just dremeled about 3/8 of an inch to run the hose out into the nipple i saw the extensions do i have to buy two sets to get a complete set of 4 rear extensions because the mg 16 is4 wheel drive also they only show for the stampede vxl are these the ones i need

bronx boy

im a old timer been doing this a real long time havent gotten into the whole lipo thing yet i use what i have laying around im 53 years old and have about 35 cars and truckd going back to 1984 tamiya blackfoot so dont expect any pictures im still on dial up im lucky i can use this site i know what i know its real hard to learn new the older you get

muck76

you do need 4 rear total to make it work.

The ME16MT official thread i started has a link with in the first 4 pages of the extensions and what it looks like.
I just used wider off set rims and that worked for me.


The link does not work, but look at the heading to get your search

bronx boy

i have two old koysho qrs dodge ram trucks one is still in the box they have 12 mm offset rims i will try them instead im not spendind 44 .00 on a truck i only paid 115.00 fore thanks for the info