j_blaze

it is a go based 5 port motor with a falcon looking gold head. some work done on sleeve and crank to give it some italian roots now. wow, i just finished the wot break-in on it and it is ready.

DS

how much?

j_blaze

$255 i think

vnmsgt

You can get them cheaper. That is full blown retail.

vnmsgt

Just got mine in today!! Cannot wait to get it broke in. This motor looks SWEET!

mabuecker

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I almost got a redline 5p but couldnt find no info on'em. so like $175 to my door?

dominicevans

vnmsgt- how much did you it cost u?

vnmsgt

I am a Team Driver so I get it cheaper for myself. They are listed on my site holeshothobbies.com for $210 but I can do that including shipping.

j_blaze

good news, the motor survived the filter falling off in warm-up. ran flawless the whole day in the 220's. i think the pipe is bottom end pipe tho, will be doing some testing soon.

jaywax

Does it have an updated carb or is it the same carb from the regular Go engines? They are great engines with suspect carbs.

j_blaze

i've never had problems with the go's. i did not touch the lsn needle at all (flush) i just adjusted the idle stop up about 1/4 turn and just use the hsn. looking at my older 3 port the needles are way different so i assume it is the new carb.

vnmsgt

I do not believe in the carb issue at all. Just have to tune it slightly different sometimes. JBlaze you had the old carb for the longest time and no problems. I still have a old carb on my 7-port, no problems and 4 others where I am at have the old carbs. We checked them just to see, but no problems so why change them. Some people use that as an excuse to to there running problems. Some may have a legitimate problem, who knows.

j_blaze

only problem i had with the 3 port was the falling off head fins and the cracked case. i screwed all the needles up trying to get a tune before i found the crack along the side of the case. so now i have all the go internals and carb in one of my old sts cases, the one that broke a new crank. so it looks like an sts but screams like a go. the grenade is good tho, the pinch is not as bad as i thought, warm pinch and cold pinch are different tho.

HerrSavage

Any updated on this engine?? I might be in the market for a sub-€200 race engine for my buggy AND truggy...(would have dual duties probably..)

vnmsgt

They have been running awesome. I would have run one already but I sold all the ones I had in stock and the one I ordered for myself was lost in them mail due to a broken box so I am waiting to see if I get reimbursed for that. Nobody has had any problems yet besides the very tight pinch and trying to break them in. Race I as at 2 sundays ago had 4 of these motors running and all did great.

A.B.U

"Grenade" lmao.

Hope it doesn't live up to it's name.

HerrSavage

Would this engine qualify as a "powerhouse" at all??.. I mean, compare it to say a VSPEC in terms of power...

Also, where could I get one for the best price?? Even in the US - if it can't be shipped to Germany, it could be shipped to a relative who would then ship it to me...

HerrSavage

Well..... Just ordered one... Hope it works out....

The Go 5-port box comes with a 2047 pipe. Is that the one to get for this too?

I currently have a Muggy pipe, 053, 086, 2063, JP-2, and some weird STS thing...

rc rock

the 086 should work like a charm on any go..

Muswagon

Something about calling a Nitro motor a 'grenade' just isnt right

j_blaze

not really, grenades are used to kill the opposition. in racing it means beating, or being faster than. the grenade does that. name fits. whatever its called i like it a lot.

i thought of some worse names for the motor:

"the clink" for when the connecting rod snaps mid straight away.
"the burrrrrrrr" for when the crank snapped and the starter box can't turn it over.
"the backfire", "the turtle", "the snail", "the v8" cause it sucks up so much fuel.

NewKid

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well if it's anything like a go 5 once broken in it's pretty powerful won't say it's faster than my spec but the bottom is equal to or better than a spec and it can keep up with any of those $400 mills... can't wait to get mine in

hakmazter

It is marketing genius. You will never forget that name on that motor. Hopefully it is very durable.....

Muswagon

Not sure what fantasy land you guys are in, but 'grenade' when refering to engines usually means a rod has come through the block, or worse. However, I would agree there are worse names, and that Go does make some nice engines.

vnmsgt

LOL! that was funny. I did not care for the name either but it has grown on me. I like MKII instead of Grenade. Motor has been running very good for the first guys to get it.