People,
I was away from the hobby for about one year. A week ago pulled out my Savage X 4.6 and my Savage XL 5.9 out of storage. The former has a Picco .28 and the latter has an HPI K5.9.
According to my logs I have run about 66 litres in the Picco and about 50 litres in the K5.9.
Now I have decided to either rebuild or replace both engines. I looked for piston liner sets for both and checked the availability and pricing for both units.
To my great surprise however, I could not find the parts for Picco and only saw very few big block engines available. However, the asking prices are 50 to 100 percent more than they used to be 1 or 2 years ago.
I went to 2 local shops and they asked for around €300 for K5.9. Neither had any big block Picco or Novarossi and could not tell me when they would be back in stock. I have since searched for big blocks on eBay and on various big online EC retailers but without much luck in finding something decent with a reasonable price.
I have found a piston liner set for K5.9 but the seller is asking for €150!!!
Am I missing something here?? I know HPI is outta business which could exain the astronomical prices. But are big block Piccos and Novarossi's that scarce these days that people can ask upward €300-350 for them?
I appreciate your feedback!!!
p.s. One exception is LRP. I see that they are available at the same prices as 2 years ago. But I have owned several LRP engines in the past and have had only trouble with them... I would rather avoid them.
I was away from the hobby for about one year. A week ago pulled out my Savage X 4.6 and my Savage XL 5.9 out of storage. The former has a Picco .28 and the latter has an HPI K5.9.
According to my logs I have run about 66 litres in the Picco and about 50 litres in the K5.9.
Now I have decided to either rebuild or replace both engines. I looked for piston liner sets for both and checked the availability and pricing for both units.
To my great surprise however, I could not find the parts for Picco and only saw very few big block engines available. However, the asking prices are 50 to 100 percent more than they used to be 1 or 2 years ago.
I went to 2 local shops and they asked for around €300 for K5.9. Neither had any big block Picco or Novarossi and could not tell me when they would be back in stock. I have since searched for big blocks on eBay and on various big online EC retailers but without much luck in finding something decent with a reasonable price.
I have found a piston liner set for K5.9 but the seller is asking for €150!!!
Am I missing something here?? I know HPI is outta business which could exain the astronomical prices. But are big block Piccos and Novarossi's that scarce these days that people can ask upward €300-350 for them?
I appreciate your feedback!!!
p.s. One exception is LRP. I see that they are available at the same prices as 2 years ago. But I have owned several LRP engines in the past and have had only trouble with them... I would rather avoid them.