losidriver09

can soemone post some good engines that have a good amount of torque and power for a beginner racer , i am good with tuning just new to racing im looking for soemthing in the 200-250 $ price range to throw in my savage

jcam54

http://www.topspeedtoys.com/index.ph...roducts_id=348

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Losi, if you're getting into sanctioned racing, you'll want to capi t at a .28ci engine.

the STS .28 is a great engine, good power, reliable, just overall great. you can find it at www.stsmicroengines.com (that site is owned by TopSpeedToys, btw)

also the Mach 28 is alright, it's more forgiving during breakin

i can't think of any other budget engines i'd recommend in the .28 ci region. good luck though!!

Vigilante212

LRP z28 spec 3 Thats what I got. $179 on tower right now, but if you buy a few other small things and bring it up to $199 you can use there $30 dollar off promotion

supertib

funny thing here in Canda at our Winter nationals they are allowing up 32 sized engines in MT....so there may be a trend to allow bigger mills in the MT's....

if thats the case then the STS 30 is a very strong runner and good on fuel

as well the Picco 28 is a total ripper of an engine

Both these mills require a proper break in to run correctly.

WildMan20

ok what about the peak diablo 28 are they any good

46u

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STS 28 or STS 30!
www.stsmicroengines.com

joeseif

Yeah STS is the way to go. I got the STS D30M and love it, but you might need to stick to 28 depends on your local track regs

Chronic

LRP Z.28R spec 3

They are very easy to tune and very reliable. It's also got an assload of power, and it will easily hang with any other stock engine on the track. If you take advantage of Tower Hobbies' $30 off deal, you can get the thing for like $140.

losidriver09

well i had bought the axial . 28 with the black cooling head on it but after looking at soem bank statements realized i could not afford it at the time so i returned it , is this a good engine or should i get one off of ebay or soemwhere else

BCKoots

Thats a great engine. and if you can afford it after get the axial .32. This engine has insane torque.

losidriver09

ok so chronic is saying its going to be awesome and hold up with stock motors ? why would i want soemthing amazing to hold up with a stock motor i wont buy a engine if all it is going to do is stick with a stock motor. then i got people on here saaying the axial . 28 is the same as the k 4.6 engine then i got everyone else saying the sts engine . please explain differently haha ?[&:]

supertib

okay what are you looking for in a motor ? what type of power, and what do you do with your truck ? do you hillclimb, do you race in parking lots ? I have experience will all the savage engines and can offer you some unbiased reveiw of the mills, as well as some video footage of some mills.

benzzyo5

i have the same one. i love it. holds a tune very easy to tune and break in. i would get the .28 it has alot of power i think that the .32 will be to powerfull

Revo Eater

I raced all last summer with my STS .28. It performed flawlessly all season. A few of the guys at the track had Axial .28's and they didn't seem to have many problems with that engine either. For the price though, you can't beat the STS engines.

Chronic

By "stock" I mean unmodified, not the stock engines that came in the truck [&:]....

Enough power to get the job done, easy to tune, easy to run, and reliable... those are the qualities that you want to look for in an engine. Make sure any recommendations you get are also accompanied with some info about those aspects of the engine, not just the power output. You can take a high dollar/high power Novarossi or RB and not be any faster than anything else out there if you don't know how to handle and tune it.

losidriver09

ok now i understand what you meant by stock haha , i think i may end up getting one off of ebay or my lhs but either or both engines do sound good to get so i think it will be between the axial . 28 or the sts engine

benzzyo5

i had the sts and i curently have the axial. the axial has alot of low end torque, i mean alot, but the top end is less than the sts, but the sts had not as much low end as the axial. what i like about the axial is that since it has so ,uch low wned that you can put tall gearing on it, like 17/47 adn it will have wicked top end because you can sacrafice low end cuz it has so much. i would get the axial. i had expeireince with both. also the axial isn't even that much more

ThunderbirdJunkie

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17/47 with a torque monster motor? Crap I was running 18/47 with my Mach 427 and it'd still pull the front wheels off the ground...that Axial must be a dog

supertib

what pipe did you run on the STS ?

losidriver09

well i dont want the truck to be pulling wheelies because i want this to be a race savage and we wont be having a huge track with big straights so a low end engine would be perfect , what is a good pipe to run on the axial . 28 ?

supertib

a Low end engine will make it wheely more ! why would you want that ? the Axial 28 is a HPI K4.6... not realy a high performance mill IMO

losidriver09

ya but i want soemthing with good power for more of a medium length track

supertib

the SH 28 P6 will honk on any Axial motor pretty easily, it has insane power focused in the midrange, it has great bottom and top end as well, but its main pull is midrange, which is great on a track

the STS 30 is too much motor IMO, it will be wheelying all over the place ...fast as hell, but maybe hard to control

the STS 28 with the new STS tuned pipe for savage may be a great combo, it will have a powerband very well suited to racing, as well this motor has very good build construction.

losidriver09

and what is your opinion on the axial . 28 ? or is that the one people say it is like the k 46 and if it is explain why you think this im very curious