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Monday, June 4th, 2007 | 643 views
Horatio comment on the Power of STS D30M rc engine!. Please check his other review at his own Horatio category.
Just ripped through another 47t Plastic spur, so enough is enough. Depending on how I’m using the STS, I can make the plastic spurs last for a while, but as soon as I get aggressive with the throttle, the STS eats them alive. Simply rips the teeth off. Then melts them.
I’ve resorted to using a steel spur and hardened clutchbell. After careful consideration, I decided to use an RW 47t Spur and 18t Hardened clutchbell. It’s a fairly heavy option - BUT - unlike some certain steel spurs, it doesn’t resemble a circular saw!! It’s just as wide as a stock plastic spur, so in theory it should be kinder to the clutch bell and tooth wear should be acceptable. All metal gears go ‘pointy’ eventually, even hardened items on buggies, so it makes sense on the Savage to get the load spread across as wide an area as possible.
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007 | 667 views
What is with STS #0702 Tuned pipe? This pipe is designed for .28 - .30 sized engines, in particular the STS Monster truck engines. [editor: STS D28M and STS30M]
It’s very nicely made and has a nice polished appearance. It comes supplied with a manifold/header pipe, silicon gasket, exhaust spring and coupling springs (between pipe and header).
Unfortunately, the manifold supplied with this pipe does not fit the HPI Savage.
It appears to be suited to Truggies, where the pipe fits down the left side of the engine. Additionally, the shape of the manifold is incorrect for Savage use - it doesn’t fit close enough to the engine to allow clearance for the rear-right Shocks.
My Edit in-line manifold (#ED100227) arrived yesterday and is now fitted to the STS #0702 pipe! It works a treat. The only minor modification needed is to the the exhaust mount wire, to fit the slightly different dimensions of the STS pipe!
http://www.rc-edit.com/?lang=en
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007 | 1,553 views
Update on the Fioroni Turbo Sliding Clutch:
Well, had a bash around with the HPI Savage today. The engine is tuned and the power is awesome. The Fioroni clutch exhibits awesome bite now and the truck pulls power wheelies with very little provocation. There is no clutch fade and the power-band is so aggressive and broad with the STS D30M, that extreme care has to be taken at all times not to put the truck on it’s lid.
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Friday, March 16th, 2007 | 1,084 views
Horatio(rctech) did it again. Here they are, the inside review of this awesome engine STS D30M and of course onto the indestructible HPI Savage.
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Thursday, February 15th, 2007 | 1,148 views
Horatio second update on the STS 30M
STS D.30 update:
Well, the STS .D30 is very similar in size to most NS series engines. It fits in the stock engine mount without too much drama. However, I did need to relieve the inside edges of the engine mounts so that it fitted the STS .D30 crank case.
I left the head shims in place for the break-in/running-in period. I checked the main needle position, closed it off gradually - whilst blowing down a scrap piece of fuel line - until the main needle was shut off. I opened it 3 turns from this position. Note - I didn’t crank it all the way down till it couldn’t physically move anymore! That’s not my definition of ‘closed’ for any main needle, which at the end of the day is a precision metering device.
A lot has been said about the STS factory needle position already, with certain people even arguing with respected dealers like Ryan. At the end of the day, the exact number of turns is arbitrary anyway. But you do need to find a rough ball-park starting point. 3 turns open from the shut off point is a good place to start for most engines.
Posted in Horatio, Monster Truck, RC Engine, STS, Savage | 2 Comments »
Saturday, February 10th, 2007 | 1,992 views
webmaster note:Yes, found this post in the rctech about STS D30M engine. Thanks to Horatio, this post should be in this blog. So i posted on his behalf.
On the subject of STS……..
I decided to have a good look at my new engine. Now there’s been a fair bit of hype surrounding these engines, not just the MT engines but the TC and buggy engines too. After some initial niggles, it soon became clear that these engines perform extremely well at about half the price of typical competition engines.
The engine I received came protected in a vacuum sealed bag within a very nice foam-packed box. The excellent instructions cover all the important things in a very concise way, with some occasional ‘quaint’ English thrown in, just to amuse us!
Here in the UK, most of us have had a fair bit of snow over night, so running in at this stage isn’t a good idea. Instead, I stripped and checked my STS D.30’s internal parts.
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