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Sirio/Picco/IDM/LRP/Nosram/Ninja/GRP/Trinity/Mega have a Picco taper
RB/Novarossi/O'Donnell/OS/JP/Dynamite have a Novarossi taper
Picco glowplug has a wider taper than the Novarossi, and it will leave a small gap between the button and glowplug if you use wrong plug.
Wait I thought you said it was a Mugen engine?
Hmm after some investigating Scrogg was right. Novarossi did make engines for Mugen, but that was before GRP did. So the engine you got has a few years on it.
3 turns out on both needles should get you in the ballpark.
Novarossi made .12 engines for Mugen for several years (including the MT 12 line) and the parts (for similar engines - if same bore & stroke/exhaust type) are interchangeable.
Novarossi also made similar engines for HPI and Mega.
They all look like Novarossi's - have a purple cooling head (if stock head still on it) - and the .12's are usually marked Made in Italy.
Your engine is probably 7 to 10 years old.
I'm still able to find parts that fit these engines.
Yeah - fast enough for me.
I'm a basher and not out there racing top notch talent - so having the latest and greatest isn't necessary and honestly beyond my ability to take advantage of.
IMHO - These were some of the first modern engines that really changed the engine market for small block engines (.12's).
Out of the box they have legit power and rev to decent RPM's (36-38K).
They also take well to mods and last forever too.
The crankshaft by current standards leaves a lot of room for improvement.
Mod the crank and cylinder and you're up there with the newer engines.
I've found new unused ones for under a hundred bucks - which leaves a lot of room for an economical "modded" engine.
You can slap in some ceramic bearings - add a turbo head if you want - you're haulin...