Amoeba
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For quite some time I had no issues with the original mill in my HPI RS4 MT but must have let out the magic smoke somehow because now it's toast. No compression. With good compression pulling on the pullstart should lift the car if not held down. LHS nitro guy (whom I trust implicitly, he knows his shizzle) took a look at it and confirmed the compression is gone and a rebuild or replacement is needed. Only problem is the NitroStar 15FE has been discontinued for a while and uses an odd length clutch assembly. They were unable to locate a suitable drop-in replacement.
I'll call the engine contact I have at HPI to see if the MT2 engine & clutch will work (comes with a somewhat adjustable engine mount but with holiday & inauguration won't be avail til Wednesday. If the MT2 I bought from charliejp gets here before then I can try it myself but in the meantime, anyone else replaced an FE15 on an MT and what worked?
Just looking for some options or ideas here...
I'll call the engine contact I have at HPI to see if the MT2 engine & clutch will work (comes with a somewhat adjustable engine mount but with holiday & inauguration won't be avail til Wednesday. If the MT2 I bought from charliejp gets here before then I can try it myself but in the meantime, anyone else replaced an FE15 on an MT and what worked?
Just looking for some options or ideas here...