RW mods is definitely a good guy, sent a few engines to have him pinch for me. no BS and tells you whats going on. one of the ones i sent in had more play in the con-rod to crank connection than he'd like to see so he went and made me aware and asked if i wanted to follow through with getting it...
i guess it depends as far as the "cheapness" of it for rebuilding, is it becoming low on compression and thats why you are saying its on the way out?
you can get pistons and sleeves re-pinched by a few companies for around 15-30$ that will restore the pinch. typically doing that though it is a...
Dynamite Big Red .28 would be my recommendation.
LRP .32 possibly as well, but is closer to 200$ mark.
Dynamite .28 RTR wouldnt be bad either, but probably comparable to the HPI .28 power.
Novarossi .28, but they did go out of business due to Covid, so parts will dry up rather quickly.
SH28-p8...