Just chiming in here, as I don’t actually have a savage but have read about them since 2005. I think the dynamite and SH engines really won’t stress out your savage too bad. The savage is already a durable platform from what I understand, and the savage has always offered powerful, big engines...
I just realized I totally forgot to answer the original question. The higher end .28’s they used to have(picco and novarossi) are incredibly powerful and well made. They were always more finicky to tune then the cheaper .28’s. Not hard to tune, but required more time to get dialed and required...
The 200-300$ category for monster truck compatible nitro engines is dead my friend. I can’t think of one “higher end” engine that’s still readily available. You have the dynamite .28, SH .28, Argus .28, LRP .32 all available today for 130-190$. Novarossi used to have a .28 that was well liked...
Yeah man check it out! Cheap engines and supposed to be a bit better then SH quality for cheaper. Makes no sense why they are so cheap but I ordered one right away just to have another .28 on hand. Planning on using it YEARS down the line for my lst, or if I accidentally order a savage or...
Check out the gentleman’s website at RW mods. The guy is doing orders/preorders on Argus .28 pullstart or rotostart engines for no joke, 120$. I ordered one myself. If you are unfamiliar with Argus, fret not as they are rebranded Alpha engines which are Taiwanese race engines typically held in...