I have not phoned Mr. Rick concerning the matter but I have emailed him for insight on the SWK .26. Thus far, I have not received a response and I’ll probably just call him later on anywayz. I want his personal “take” on the stock .26 engine.
The SWK .26 is just shy of a full racing engine and that isn’t just a claim. Trust me, I’ve had them apart and there isn’t much to do other than a little clean up work. The crank is already very nicely turbo ported and has 3 turbo slots. It being a 7 port engine, all the transfer ports are nicely defined. The sleeve only needs a little porting. The blocks passages are just a little rough from the casting but nothing major in restriction. Again, just a little clean up here. Minimal piston to head clearance on an RC engine is .025 thousandths. On most RC engines there is plenty of extra room to have a head button machined down, room to use minimal thickness head gaskets and/or to find means to lower the glow plug deeper into the chamber all in the name of raising compression. The .26 only has .029 thousandths to begin with. That baby has got compression and a very tight quench. The connecting rod is knife edged. The piston could stand to be lightened a little and the crank counter balanced accordingly. The one practice we are lacking at the moment is getting down into the nitty gritty of manipulating the timing. We’re still learning the do’s and don’t’s and the cause and effects but this is where some serious power awakenings come into play as well as RPM’s. RB Mods already does all these things and are very knowledgeable about every aspect of what they are doing.
u think he could mod my .26
You betcha.
how do you think that would perform
To give a fair comparison that you could imagine in your head:
A modded .26 would make your current .26 look like an HPI .18.
It's more than worth the money man. It's a jaw dropping difference.