I’m new to this sport, I have never owed a Car, but I have done a Ton a research. To add on this, I’m not starting with an RTR or Electric.

I’m looking for a race engine and so far I have two engines in mind –

Novarossi P5X .21

And

OS VZ-B V-Spec .21

Which one should I get? They both look amazing; This isn’t for bashing but for race.
Any suggestions?

Mike Huggy. You being a newbie to the hobby. Buying the most expensive and most H,P. won't do you a bit of good. you will only appreciate a good engine after you have driven abit. You will need to concentrate on making quality laps than having all the H.P out there cause you won't win that way. Work your way up to something better. If you can't keep it on all four wheels H.P don't do a bit of good. I would suggest a RTR. for your first ride. You can get used to driving, adjustments to a engine, suspension adjustment's etc. Now that my .02 worth

You're right, but i dont want an RTR because if something goes wrong with it, i want to know what to do with it. I Thought about working my way up to an engine, i figure to buy a good engine now, so i dont have to buy it later. I dont want to buy a 150 engine, then 6 months from now when i want to move up, i dont want to spend 300...know what i mean

Mike,

I would have to agree with Slider, being new to the sport and especially nitro you may want to consider getting RTR with a good running engine that you can learn to tune the engine with. The Jammin X1 RTR has a good engine for this. As for which engine to buy when it comes down to it, they are both great engines. I run the V-Spec in my X1 Pro, and a good friend of mine runs the P5. I recently bought the Picco P7R, as well as the RB C5, so now I have engines with different power bands which allows me to run different engines for different track conditions/types. Know this, top end engines such as the V-spec, and P5, etc. require experience to break them in and tune them correctly.

For example I broke in my V-Spec using a 1.5 gallons (45 tanks) before I got on the pipe. The first 10 tanks ran the engine very rich (my starter box glow igniter was never removed from the glow plug, with the buggy still on the starter). During the next 10 to 15 I ran the engine on the track but only for cycling the heat, and the remaining tanks I ran no more the half throttle. This engine is a solid running engine (like most top end engines) and I run it at 220° in race conditions. My engine has had more than 9 gallons though it and the pinch is still premium.

This might be to much info, but I would rather practice breaking in an engine that I can afford to cook than do it to a top end engine were a new piston and sleeve can cost on average of $160 to 200+.

Brent