I don’t really know about that car, i still personally would buy a Good engine, Hopefully later In Life might be able to buy a Piston and Liner for it rather than dump it and buy another .
I like fixing things ;) I gotta get them spanners dirty . You could always use the engine for something else.
Novarossi is a good engine, I use 21 in my Buggys they blisteringly quick,
I haven’t run my Nitro for quite some time there in storage I have one buggy with a Picco turbo 28, it starts easily, Tunes easily, idles well, takes a good thrashing I’ve used it in my Savage 25 too, it pops wheelies at...