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12-02-2006, 12:40 PM
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rebuild?
I just wanted some advice if this engine should be rebuilt now or in another couple of gallons. I got the truck used and have run 2 and1/4 gallons through it. It still seems to run well but since it was used when I got it I don't know what it should be like.
It is a 2.5r on a tmaxx. It never pulled wheelies off the line but ocasionally will when running. I have had good luck tuning and tried to keep the temps below 280. It never ran good below 230 and I can tell if it gets to 300 pretty easily. After run oil always used.
Here is a pic. (hopfully)
Thanks, Scott
It is a 2.5r on a tmaxx. It never pulled wheelies off the line but ocasionally will when running. I have had good luck tuning and tried to keep the temps below 280. It never ran good below 230 and I can tell if it gets to 300 pretty easily. After run oil always used.
Here is a pic. (hopfully)
Thanks, Scott
12-02-2006, 12:49 PM
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RE: rebuild?
If it's running good, run it! When it becomes a nightmare to keep tuned, and just quits running for no obvious reason, when hot...and EVERYTHING else is good and proper....start thinking rebuild or replace. Till then, have fun.
) i olny care if it runs right.
12-02-2006, 08:18 PM
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RE: rebuild?
Just run it till it dies.
Then you have three choices,
1. Send it in to traxxas and get a new engine 1/2 price.
2. Get a new piston and sleeve to rebuild it.
3. Just get a new engine.(I like the O.S. 18)
Then you have three choices,
1. Send it in to traxxas and get a new engine 1/2 price.
2. Get a new piston and sleeve to rebuild it.
3. Just get a new engine.(I like the O.S. 18)
12-02-2006, 09:04 PM
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RE: rebuild?
I got a os 18tm and my engine only has a 1/2 gallon threw it.
I won't run the os til the traxxas engine dies though.
Final cut, you can send in a used, crapped up engine, and get a totally new one for $75?!?!?! Could I trade in my 2.5 and get a 3.3 for 1/2 price?
I won't run the os til the traxxas engine dies though.Final cut, you can send in a used, crapped up engine, and get a totally new one for $75?!?!?! Could I trade in my 2.5 and get a 3.3 for 1/2 price?
12-02-2006, 10:10 PM
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RE: rebuild?
Thanks I'll stick with this one for now then. May look at the OS18 as a replacment, is it a drop in? Traxxas is $125 for a trade on a new one I have seen piston and sleve sell for $40 on ebay which is the way I would go, I assume, unless I find a good deal on a new OS. How does the 3.3 compare to the 2.5r and the OS?
12-03-2006, 12:23 AM
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RE: rebuild?
Final cut, you can send in a used, crapped up engine, and get a totally new one for $75?!?!?! Could I trade in my 2.5 and get a 3.3 for 1/2 price?
All the details are here. Click on the "How Does It Work" link at the bottom of the page.
Then scroll down to where it says prices.
