ruffrider28435

I have a question about the nova cooling head. I want to know is this a good are bad thing to add one to a rc engine. I just noticed saturday when i took my nova head off my axial engine and installed the stock head it start running better. I know the nova heads are good for keeping your engine cool. Mine was running a little to cool around 170 in the middle of summer after a full tank of fuel.

Dale Gribble

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IMO Aftermarket cooling heads are for bling or for an alternative for stock cooling heads when stock heads aren't available or are too expensive. They are not a crutch; if you have tuning problems, a cooling head isn't a good idea because it can be just a band aide for the real problem. Ya, 170 is definitely too cool. You should be able to lean your truck out and get the temps up though; I have never seen an engine that ran too cool if it was leaned out.

I have run Nova and ACNCM cooling heads for the bling factor and they worked fine. I didn't have problems with running too cool though. I resort to stock cooling heads normally and definitely when I am going for peak performance.

Parputt537

In my experience it gave me a false sense of security. At the glow plug the temp was way down, but if I checked the temp under the head at the cylinder it was still pretty hot. I now just run the stock heads that come on my LRP's.

MTpockets

i have one on my revo 3.3 and its never run better. ive never had tuning issues, just liked the way it looked when i bought it. i like it alot and will put one on my savage when i get a new motor.