What Do You Mean Rebuild??

[Monster_GT_Kid]

i am pretty new to nitro got one christmas 2003 and i hear about engine rebuilding? like what does ur engine just go for crap at one time or wat? and if it does happen what do i have to do to Rebuild? thanx

 

[Tarant]

When u rebuild a engine it means u completly take it apart and clean everything then u replace broken or worn parts like bearings or your piston and sleeve

 

[PiErow]

Rebuild is retriving lost compression. Overtime from natarul werer your engine sleeve will slowly expand causing you to loose compression. A rebuild is putting in a new piston and sleeve. On top of that cleaning it and making it look perty and perform perty. Keep in mine you only have to do this once every 4-10 given the engine is tuned correctly...

 

[retarded pilot]

what pierow is saying is it will probily need to be rebuilt after about 4 -10 gallons depending on how you take care of yor engine ....you will need to rebuild when you notice a substansial loss in power or it gets hard to start ...instead of rebuilding you can also buy a new engine I'm not sure what engine you have now but the os brand line of engines are priced very low and will outperform most stock engines

 

[olds97_lss]

In a lot of cases, by the time you buy a piston/sleeve, a new con-rod, replace a bearing, replace a one-way, your at the cost of a new engine.

I guess it depends on the engine as to whether or not I'd do it again. I did it once, but I didn't know to change the con-rod as it was pretty worn and you could feel a clunk at the top and bottom of the stroke. Then it ran like crap anyway, but it had lots of compression!

Then again, I haven't spent over $160 on a new engine. I'm sure if you drop $300-$500 on a kick ass engine, rebuilding it may be more cost effective.

 

[Monster_GT_Kid]

thanx guys. i have the stock mgt engine, i think its the TT .21 and its great. but ithink if it goes i will rebuild it but get a bigger engine in its place. (maybe thinking the werks collari .30)

 

[.21Rc10GT]

Probably a good choice. There are so many choices now that its hard to decide. There is the picco .26/.27, the wasp .26/.28, the sirio .27s/.27p/.27r/.30, the werks collari .30.... tons of .21s. The list is huge, and still growing!!!!!