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RE: STS Engines - 12/31/2007 2:49:33 AM

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I do not recommend the Drake method unless you are a pro driver that gets their engines for free!

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 2:48:03 AM

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you are absolutely right, but i'm hardly a pro, i'll keep doing it until something goes wrong. i just want to keep posting the progress cause sts engines have been accused of needing like a whole gallon to break in the engine, i just want people to see there is another option that works, if you dare.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 2:53:47 AM

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my 21B was not bad to break-in, or had any problems, but its the new 30's that most people have the problems with.

j_blaze, lmk how many gallons you get on your engines with this break-in method, I might try next time I break-in an engine. (which will be a while, since I don't drive a lot anymore

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 8:52:23 AM

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Kemo, most likely the priceing of the new S21T will be close to the same as the MKii if not more.

I wont be stocking anymore STS engines... i haven't heard from my distributor for a long while, and thats not a good sign. I'll be stocking Go Tech engines from now on because of this.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 5:04:59 PM

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I have talked to several that have not heard from Mark at STS Micro Engines in quite a while and if you look on his site he sure is out of stock on a lot of items. I sure hope he is OK and would let people know what is going on!

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 5:22:26 PM

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Mark and http://nitrocountryrc.com/index.php have most of there STS stuff out of stock.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 5:47:51 PM

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Maybe they are letting their stock get low for the end of the year inventory for taxes. Mark does not even have anything about the new S21T on his site.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/1/2008 6:03:00 PM

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I talked to the guy at www.projectzen.net and he said he has no problem getting STS stuff, that where they get there stuff from way not be a legal place, sorry got to run, so if any thing not spelled right.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/13/2008 2:22:03 PM

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woah, had a bit of an incident yesterday. throttle servo locked up, of course at wot, ant hyper st jumped the track and flipped upside down, wheels ballooning. the engione was screaming to the point that is leaned out and sputtered. i shut it down, took it home and the pinch is still very good, should the incident damage the compression at all? i had a cheepo engine do the same thing when my hyper 7 battery fell out, of course at wot. i'll have it out again as soon as the servos arrive tomorrow.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/16/2008 3:24:06 AM

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ok, switching out clutch shoes i checked the second d21b and it has an air leak in the front bearing. i have a new bearing. i have the case in the oven and the new bearing in the freezer, right. pop out the old one pop in the new one, done, right.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/16/2008 3:59:23 AM

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Mark and nitro country are still out of stock on most of there STS enignes, looks like www.projectzen.net may be the only STS dealer in the US.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/16/2008 7:10:27 PM

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anyong know anthing on why those 2 places are still out of stock?

46u have you heard from Mark?

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RE: STS Engines - 1/16/2008 9:34:48 PM

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From what Mark told me he is having problems getting parts and engines from STS. Not sure what the problem is but he is not happy and not sure he will keep selling STS products. There was a similar problem with GO engines a while back and engines as well as parts where hard to get.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/16/2008 9:39:06 PM

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the guy at projectzen, said he gets his stuff direct from the manufacture, and he has no problem getting his stuff.

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RE: STS Engines - 1/17/2008 1:47:54 AM

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i got mine on ebay, rc-mall but it did come from taiwan or hong kong or somewhere very far. took about 10 days total. the engine was quitin last time out at wot so i checked i for air leak. can ia use a small amount of gasket maker silicone stuff/sealer around the front bearing and shaft?, or is that a dry fit?

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RE: STS Engines - 1/17/2008 2:06:15 AM

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Never use sealer on my front bearing or crank shaft.

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