Is the Picco .21 a good choice?

[Chevy-SS]

Gentlemen,

Thanks for your previous help with my steering issues. I aligned the whole chassis and am using some ProLine Road Rage street tires with wider rims. The T is running pretty straight now.

Now I want power. The 2.5 engine is pretty quick, but I want more. Hehe, I guess everyone ALWAYS does. I was looking at this Picco .21 engine and it seems like a nice drop-in for the T. Does this engine seem like a good choice? Have any of you guys run it?

http://werksracing.com/product.do?sku=WRXP2M21

I would rather stay with a mostly stock chassis and drivetrain. I know many of you recommend stronger conversion kits, but as a hot-rodder (with real cars) from way back I have always found that you really only need to substantially beef up the drivetrain when you start running sticky tires (i.e., slicks). As long as the tires spin somewhat then a lot of the drivetrain stress is relieved. I will be mainly using street tires, soooo?????

 

[SkyMaxx]

The only problem here is that you will need a conversion kit....or you will have to heavily modify the existing chassis. I have not seen many modified chassis...most .21 Maxxes run a conversion kit.

As for the quality of the engine you named, great engine. I think there are more than a few who own it and run it in their .21 converted Maxxes. You might ask Christian about it or Fast Eddy. I believe both have one.

As for upgrading the drive train, you could run without upgrading the drivetrain...but unlike a full sized car, these little drive trains take quite a beating. As soon as something gets the smallest bit out of joint, things go awry horribly and very quickly. You may want to give some careful consideration to upgrading the drivetrain...plenty of good info on this site to support your search.

 

[Kuma]

With that particular Picco P2 engine, you won't need a conversion kit, it has a small-block crankcase. You may want to upgrade the drivetrain though with hardened gears and maybe CVDs.

The only thing that bugs me about a small-block .21 such as the P2 is the crank size and small carburator, will it perform like a .21 or like a fat .15?

 

[SkyMaxx]

Kuma, good catch. Thanks for pointing that out. With the engine in question, no conversion necessary, but I would still think about upgrading the drivetrain.

 

[woody]

Hey guys! I started this same string today, before skymaxx told me about this one. Anyway, I looked at the Werks online site, and it stated the price was $299 vs the $190 that another person had stated in the other string. So, what is the price?? I do agree that you should beef up the CVD's both at the wheels and drivetrain. So, you won't get the backlash effect. I think when I put on my CVD's I got a better or should I say smoother acceleration. Anyway, If the P2 is $190 that puts it at the same price as the Sirio .18 I beleive. They are definetly gonna have to lower the price of the Sirio! Anyway, when somebody gets ahold of the P2 write a article on it.