SJ's nova clutch shoes review
Site Jester's review on the Nova Clutch shoes. And Mugen 1.0 springs
I recived my shoes today, and springs. Quality is Awesome, no burs or anything. The first thing I noticed was how perfect the machining was.
Installation... I highly recommend the mugen pilot nut. This pilot nut has a deeper grove cut in it, This helps the springs stay in place, saving headaches down the road. You can also use the hpi brand pilot nut. I am using the stock hpi 3 shoe flywheel, with the nova shoes and mugen 1.0 springs.
The springs are ALLOT stiffer then the stock hpi springs, (this is a good thing). So it will take a little while to install these shoes. Take your time putting them on because you can tweak them out if your too forceful. It took me 8 min to install the shoes. They fit perfect and the clutch bell fits and spins fine, thanks in part by the mugen pilot nut.
Testing... The motor Iam running is a surefire .32 running a 49/16 gear combo. Also running my 2 speed. I will start the first test with NO weights on the shoes. Weights being the little grub screws.
(see pic for locations of weights and I will be numbering the holes 1,2,3.. One starting from after the flywheel pin. or (pivot pin)
I tested every weight 2 tanks.
NO WEIGHTS... Clutch engages from a higher rpm . and really pulls the truck along. very little slipping and helps the top end speed. Wheelies very easy.
1 LONGER WEIGHT... (#1 adjustment hole ) ..Not much difference. truck pulls hard and instant wheelies
(#2 adjustment hole ) .. little less engagement .. truck pulls hard at higher rpm
(#3 adjustment hole).. starting to get clutch slippage off the line. and the shoes engage at lower rpm. I even stripped a spur gear on this last run. (first time in more then a gallon). it was 90* outside today and I might of had the gear mesh a little off.. But I could hear the shoes engaging at low rpm and truck was moving forward at idle.
1 LONGER WEIGHT AND 1 SMALLER WEIGHT...
(longer weight on adjustment hole 2 and smaller weight on adjustment hole 3)
Clutch engages at a few low rpm. I had to adjust the idle screw so my engine would hardly idle, just so the clutch wouldn't engaged and keep the truck still. In fact the I had a hard time keeping the surefire to idle at that low of rpm. But I managed to keep it running and the truck pulls hard but, off the line was the clutch would slip and lost some wheelies .
1 LONGER WEIGHT AND 1 SMALLER WEIGHT...
(smaller weight on adjustment hole 2 and smaller weight on adjustment hole 3)
I had to adjust my idle the rpm was to low to keep the engine running. I could also hear the clutch shoes rubbing on the clutch bell at idle . I lost the punch off the line that I had with no weights. I didn't test this much because my shoes were rubbing on the clutch bell to badly. And I didn't wanna wear out the shoes or my clutch bell.
IN CONCLUSION... I bashed these shoes hard 1 gallon on them so far. The shoes look great very little wear on them. None at all really still haven't had to remove any burs from the shoes. I did have to replace my clutch bell bearings once tho. (but they were used for a long time before the Nova shoes review) Bottom line is this ..
These shoes are AWESOME !!! they take your engine to a different level. I would recommend NO WEIGHTS !!!!! my surefire seemed to come alive with no weights. I like how the engine wouldn't move at idle and, had a nice punch off the line. The truck would wheelie way easy tho so you might have to adjust your gearing to help combat this. I started the review running 49/16 combo. And now Iam running 49/18. Just to help keep the front end down. I can't believe how just a set of Nova shoes and mugen 1.0 springs helped. I will NEVER run the stock Teflon shoes again.
I would just like to think Hop and Mega for letting me do the review on these shoes, I hope you got some good info from what I have done. I pulled the engine probably 25 times. I wore out my motor plate and engine mount. I would like to thank Hop again for sending me Brand New Nova engine mount, for my troubles ...
NOVA CLUTCH ON THE STOCK HPI .25......................................................
Nove clutch on stock .25 engine ......
The test will be done the same was as I did it on the surefire. It will be just on the stock hpi.25 motor .
NO WEIGHTS... Iam really surprised how just changing the clutch shoes, to the nova's brought the engine to life.
w/ no weights the motor need to rev pretty high for the clutch to engauges giving the motor a really good kick once it engauges. wheelies really easy with a 49/16 cb and spur gear combo. (never did before) the engine has only like a gallon and a half on it. So its still a decent little motor. at half throttle it picks the front end up(no wheelies) clutch doesn't slip at all
and pulls the truck hard..
1 longer weight .. #1 adjustment hole ... Not really seeing a difference . Still pulls hard. and helps the engine accelerate good still and no slipping of the clutch that I can tell. still wheelies nice.
#2 adjustment hole ... engine doesn't rev as high before clutch engages. holds rpm well
#3 adjustment hole .. the clutch still doesn't slip and doesn't yet engauge like the surefire did. revs a little less before clutch engages but accelerates good off the line.
There was really NO need to try all the weights on the different Holes like on the surefire review.. Because (for me) I found the best settings. (NO WEIGHTS).. I love how the clutch engages with no weighs and just the mugen 1.0 springs.
Has a nice little rev before BAMMMMMMM. Your off and rippin
Bottom line is .. A NOVA clutch and mugen 1.0 springs WILL do wonders for ANY engine... Best bang for your buck IMO !!!
THANKS FOR READING !!!
SITE JESTER (Jeremy)
Site Jester's review on the Nova Clutch shoes. And Mugen 1.0 springs
I recived my shoes today, and springs. Quality is Awesome, no burs or anything. The first thing I noticed was how perfect the machining was.
Installation... I highly recommend the mugen pilot nut. This pilot nut has a deeper grove cut in it, This helps the springs stay in place, saving headaches down the road. You can also use the hpi brand pilot nut. I am using the stock hpi 3 shoe flywheel, with the nova shoes and mugen 1.0 springs.
The springs are ALLOT stiffer then the stock hpi springs, (this is a good thing). So it will take a little while to install these shoes. Take your time putting them on because you can tweak them out if your too forceful. It took me 8 min to install the shoes. They fit perfect and the clutch bell fits and spins fine, thanks in part by the mugen pilot nut.
Testing... The motor Iam running is a surefire .32 running a 49/16 gear combo. Also running my 2 speed. I will start the first test with NO weights on the shoes. Weights being the little grub screws.
(see pic for locations of weights and I will be numbering the holes 1,2,3.. One starting from after the flywheel pin. or (pivot pin)
I tested every weight 2 tanks.
NO WEIGHTS... Clutch engages from a higher rpm . and really pulls the truck along. very little slipping and helps the top end speed. Wheelies very easy.
1 LONGER WEIGHT... (#1 adjustment hole ) ..Not much difference. truck pulls hard and instant wheelies
(#2 adjustment hole ) .. little less engagement .. truck pulls hard at higher rpm
(#3 adjustment hole).. starting to get clutch slippage off the line. and the shoes engage at lower rpm. I even stripped a spur gear on this last run. (first time in more then a gallon). it was 90* outside today and I might of had the gear mesh a little off.. But I could hear the shoes engaging at low rpm and truck was moving forward at idle.
1 LONGER WEIGHT AND 1 SMALLER WEIGHT...
(longer weight on adjustment hole 2 and smaller weight on adjustment hole 3)
Clutch engages at a few low rpm. I had to adjust the idle screw so my engine would hardly idle, just so the clutch wouldn't engaged and keep the truck still. In fact the I had a hard time keeping the surefire to idle at that low of rpm. But I managed to keep it running and the truck pulls hard but, off the line was the clutch would slip and lost some wheelies .
1 LONGER WEIGHT AND 1 SMALLER WEIGHT...
(smaller weight on adjustment hole 2 and smaller weight on adjustment hole 3)
I had to adjust my idle the rpm was to low to keep the engine running. I could also hear the clutch shoes rubbing on the clutch bell at idle . I lost the punch off the line that I had with no weights. I didn't test this much because my shoes were rubbing on the clutch bell to badly. And I didn't wanna wear out the shoes or my clutch bell.
IN CONCLUSION... I bashed these shoes hard 1 gallon on them so far. The shoes look great very little wear on them. None at all really still haven't had to remove any burs from the shoes. I did have to replace my clutch bell bearings once tho. (but they were used for a long time before the Nova shoes review) Bottom line is this ..
These shoes are AWESOME !!! they take your engine to a different level. I would recommend NO WEIGHTS !!!!! my surefire seemed to come alive with no weights. I like how the engine wouldn't move at idle and, had a nice punch off the line. The truck would wheelie way easy tho so you might have to adjust your gearing to help combat this. I started the review running 49/16 combo. And now Iam running 49/18. Just to help keep the front end down. I can't believe how just a set of Nova shoes and mugen 1.0 springs helped. I will NEVER run the stock Teflon shoes again.
I would just like to think Hop and Mega for letting me do the review on these shoes, I hope you got some good info from what I have done. I pulled the engine probably 25 times. I wore out my motor plate and engine mount. I would like to thank Hop again for sending me Brand New Nova engine mount, for my troubles ...
NOVA CLUTCH ON THE STOCK HPI .25......................................................
Nove clutch on stock .25 engine ......
The test will be done the same was as I did it on the surefire. It will be just on the stock hpi.25 motor .
NO WEIGHTS... Iam really surprised how just changing the clutch shoes, to the nova's brought the engine to life.
w/ no weights the motor need to rev pretty high for the clutch to engauges giving the motor a really good kick once it engauges. wheelies really easy with a 49/16 cb and spur gear combo. (never did before) the engine has only like a gallon and a half on it. So its still a decent little motor. at half throttle it picks the front end up(no wheelies) clutch doesn't slip at all
and pulls the truck hard..
1 longer weight .. #1 adjustment hole ... Not really seeing a difference . Still pulls hard. and helps the engine accelerate good still and no slipping of the clutch that I can tell. still wheelies nice.
#2 adjustment hole ... engine doesn't rev as high before clutch engages. holds rpm well
#3 adjustment hole .. the clutch still doesn't slip and doesn't yet engauge like the surefire did. revs a little less before clutch engages but accelerates good off the line.
There was really NO need to try all the weights on the different Holes like on the surefire review.. Because (for me) I found the best settings. (NO WEIGHTS).. I love how the clutch engages with no weighs and just the mugen 1.0 springs.
Has a nice little rev before BAMMMMMMM. Your off and rippin
Bottom line is .. A NOVA clutch and mugen 1.0 springs WILL do wonders for ANY engine... Best bang for your buck IMO !!!
THANKS FOR READING !!!
SITE JESTER (Jeremy)
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