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Sorry to dig this thread up, but better than starting a new one, I have now got it running but am still not sure if it's worn out, I think I have got the HSN right but it still seems to be to hot, So I would like to ask two things, Could someone please give me the base settings of the Force 28 and also some of your needle settings would be nice.

Your right, The Power Factory was pants, But I have still got the F4.1 in it's box as from what I read it is no better than the HB26, I think I will make an offer for a STS 30 on Ebay and see what that is like, they say there pretty quick.

I'm just gonna say it's worn out,I will remove all the shims and see if that helps, just a shame really as it was a real quick engine, I didn't want to admit it was a gonna as I have had a bad engine month, First to go was the crank shaft on a 3 litre old Hot Bodies 26, Then the Con Rod on my TTR 28, and now this, But I did have some luck, I picked up a new STS 28 for £44 and Mirage sent me a new Nitro Star F4.1 for the HB 26, So swings and round abouts really.

Brand new plug was the first thing I put in and it's a Roto Start and it all happened at once, It slowed, Stopped never to go again, I dropped A bit of fuel in the top just to see if it would fire at all, But nothing, The only one time it did fire was when I held you engine upside down and turned it over and it emptied the fuel out of the crank case. Also if I grab the flywheel with my thumb and forefinger and keep them straight I can turn it over(with the plug in).

Right, I'v got a force 28 engine witch was going like stink, and then it started to slow down, lose tune and then stop, I tried to start it again but it was having none of it. I got the engine home and gave it a complete strip down to try and fined the problem, but nothing, The piston and sleeve were spotless as was the crank shaft and con rod, Crank case, button and everything else was fine, I stripped down the carb and cleaned it out, Put it all back together and tried again, nothing again. What it does do is pop and thats about it, The engine fills up with fuel as if it's to rich but it doesn't hydro lock, and the fuel that comes out is a dirty brown colour. Well 6 hours later and I had enough, and the only idea I have left is that it is worn out, The engine was second hand so don't know how much it had on it but I must have put a gallon on, It does turn over quite easy by hand but what is the best way to find out if it is simply worn out and if it is, What are the symptons.

Are in line fuel filters more trouble than they are worth or is it just me, I have just run in a new STS 28 and started to have the same problem with this one as I did with a previous one, and a TTR 28 from my MTA4 before that,You see I would get everything set up just right and ticking over nice until slowing down or coming to a stop from WOT were it would have an erratic high rev witch didn't sound very nice and would heat up the engine quite rapidly. Well today I had the same issue witch was really starting to give me the hump, Now I have duel inline filters like a lot of people and noticed just how many air bubbles there were in the fuel line, So I bypassed both filters and went straight from tank to carb, And what do you know, all sorted, I can now thrash the nuts of this thing, WOT for as long as I like, Then come to a hard stop with a rock steady tickover. I lot of people are gonna say you can't run without a filter cos your do such and such, But I'v looked in my filters and never seen any dirt or crap in it, And all tanks that I have had seem to come with the stone filter inside, And is anything that small really gonna do damage to an engine, I don't think it will, And if it is big enough to damage an engine, chances are it will get stuck in the carb, So I'v ditched both filters and will run with the what I think is a slim chance of a green fly or something eating my engine, Cant be any worse than the leaning out of the engine due to air bubbles, But I cant see that I am the only one who runs(any more) with no inline filters.

I was all set to get a GO 21 5 Port, but I really wanted Roto Start, Then it was the GO 28, And then I put in a stupid highest bid for the STS of 50 quid before going to work thinking no chance, And come home to find I had won for the total of £44 with the postage. I have had the 28 before and admit that I never really got on with it and sold it for £40, But it was quick, So at £44 I don't have to treat it with kid gloves and it's a no brainer really, Also comes in at £100 cheaper than the OS30, I think I may just keep putting in silly bids for a new STS 30 and see what happens. As for king truggy, A very subjective topic, I can only speak from person knowledge, I have a LSP sitting on the side hear, and in my opinion it's Pants, and I think to many people say a car is good because they read on a forum a lot of other people saying it's good, But I think the Hypers and Losi's of this world still have a bit to to prove yet, Remember the ST Pro has only been around about 6 months.

Christmas was coming and the wife said I could have another car, I knew that I wanted another CRT as the RTR I had was probably the best car I had ever had. So this time I was gonna get the pro, I had the radio gear so just needed the car,engine and exhaust, First bargain to be had was the car, A CRT Pro SE witch I got from MK Racing(Top service by the way)for the unbelievable price of just 215 quid, Stupid money for that car, The next bargain was the JP2 hard anadised exhaust, again from MK for just £33, And the final bargain was to win a brand new STS 28 on ebay for the total price of just £44, giving me a grand total of just £292, I got some HN long life clutch shoes as well, so lets just say £300 for This You really cannot beat a good bargain to put a on your face.

All I did was to cut to bits of thin alley the same size as the engine mount to use as a spacer, works fine, I even use a one piece engine mount with my Roto Start by cutting the back of it off, Not shore if you can still count it as a one piece, but looks and works fine.

I bought a VRX rolling chassis off Ebay a few months ago, You can always tell when when a car has not had much use, And this had not, It looked almost new,I had a spare engine and all the other stuff so thought why not, Well first time out the car leaned to far back, landed on the wing and snapped the whole thing off, you could tell by looking that it was the wrong sort of plastic (crap), Then about an hour later something that just about summed it up, It managed to shear one of the pins in the front UJ which then fell apart. They also use a silly 11 tooth clutch bell which makes it hard to use normal clutch bells without cutting the chassis out a bit for the flywheel, It's not all bad, It comes with alloy chassis braces and the hing pins seem to sit in rubber witch eliminates any slop in the arms, but the body is paper thin. In my opinion, stay away, 220 quid is not cheap these days, At the risk of sounding like a stuck record you really can't go wrong with This,75 quid more I know, but worth every penny.

I just received a new 4.1 in exchange for a my broken Hot Bodies engine, and it has the same purple head as yours, If that helps.

Anybody know what This is like, Looks good for £32.50 delivered, And please don't just say 'You get what you pay for', Sometimes you do get better than what you pay for.

How about the Axial Engines.

I must say that the Go is top of my list at the moment,The best Engine I have had so far is the Force so I have to base everything against that, So dose anyone know what the Go it is like compared to the Force, And what Rotostart is compatable.

I did have a STS 28DM but never had any real success with it,had better bottom end than the force and as you say was not the highest reving, But I could never get it to tickover right or hold a tune, But maybe I just had a lemon, It's a case of starter box and a big selection of engines, or Rotostart and not as good a selection, And have you ever been done by customs for a engine from over the water.

No need to be like that But Forgive me if I am wrong, I dont think you can fit a pull start to a non pullstart engine without changing the crank.

Thing is, The go .25 is not Pull or Rotostart, Don't get me wrong, I know I am slicing my options down with the rotostart thing, but a starter box adds 30 to 40 quid to the price and I like to pull the car up stick the drill in the back and away I go. I would probably rather just get another force 28 than I would a HPI or Macstar, Some I would like some feedback on are This and This or do I just buy This and then get This or This.

So many engines, such little money, I'm looking for a replacment engine for a CRT in about the 100 quid area give or take, I got a new CRT SE at christmas witch I put my Force .28 in and dropped a TTR .28 in my old CRT, Well the TTR engine gave up the ghost and put it's conrod through the side of the crankcase the other day(it was a bit crap anyway) so I'm after a replacement. I am just a part time basher when I have the time between work, so I need Rotostart or pullstart that can be converted(have a spare force Rotostart) as have no starterbox and I hate pullstarts, I'v had a STS DM28 and hated it, tickover was all over the place, would never hold a tune, so has left a bad taste in the mouth, To be honest the best engine I have had is the Force 28 which I found to be faster than the STS, would hold a tune from one day to the next and could scream like a banshee , so I could just get another one from MSUK for £100 and be done with it, But we all like a change, But it must be a least as powerfull as the Force and not to tempremental in the tuning department. So please, all suggestions welcome.

Well, Gonna take a last minute deal to Florida over Christmas, So I emailed Amain Hobbies to find out if they can post to my Hotel, No problem they said, So thats 1 MBX5T Prospec for £285 give or take local taxes and postage, and I may try that Radical 621T Engine for £140, Un-box it all and wrap it up in my dirty smalls and tell customs it's a gift for the mother in law, Then again, we all know how good customs is on this side of the pond. Question is, has anybody done this with a model or something like that, we have all done it with shoes and jeans, but I have never had anything delivered to the Hotel.