scotthg1

When I end up blowing my engine down the road, I want to upgrade from my .21 BB to a Picco .26. What parts are needed to make this happen? Brakes,clutch,differential? I want to start replacing now,so it's not so expensive all at once. I want to get a Pipe and air filter but why spend the money on that if I can't transfer those parts to my next upgrade. Any suggestions for my slow upgrade? Thanks.

Rex2342

The pipe and filter will be able to be used on the Pico engine.You'll want to get a 3shoe clutch setup and some Heavy Duty dogbones.I have a Mugen 3 shoe setup on my 8port Savage and HPI HD dogbones and HotBodies center CVD's.I think the Pico26 is a direct drop in engine,the other parts are just for added performance and strength.

cemeb4dk

the .26 is a direct drop in, this is what i upgraded.

1- mugen flywheel and 3 shoe clutch kit. 29 bucks ace hardware hobbies
2- ofna clutch nut- 6 bucks ace
3-ofna shim kit 5 bucks ace
4- hd dog bones all the way around
5- motorsaver air filter 20 bucks
6-rd logic pipe 59 bucks shipped hpidsavageforum.com
7- hotbodies metal vented disk brake
8- ofna 16t clutchbell

i have had probs with the bot bodies center shafts gone thru 3 in the rear, so i went back to the stock and no probs yet.

I would also consider the rotostart because the .26 pull start is very weak.

scotthg1

Do you use a one or two piece pipe? Thanks for the info.

badboy2

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get a temp gauge cuz you have to use it a lot ..like in our case yesterday breaking in the 26 of my bro (flores4) we cant keep the temps down and the hsn is way out

scotthg1

Thanks badboy2 for the temp gauge info. By the way, is the truck blowing good smoke?

cemeb4dk

bad boy check the orings in both needles..

badboy2

My Feedback: (13)

actually only a little bit of smoke but its way too rich one more turn the needle looks like is gonna pop out..ceme my is buying the carb for omega picco to make it easy