Last Xmas, I bought my buddy a used Tekno 2.0 on ebay that came w/ one of these Dynamite Mach 2's that had not been run yet. It ended up being a solid engine and accelerated down the front straight just as fast as my $170 SH PT21AO, both of us running the same Dynamite 053 pipe. He eventually had it lock up due to something in the top end, almost like detonation but the piston didn't have pitting, yet the sleeve/piston had 1 big scratch where something jammed in there and snagged a transfer port a bit, although the filter was a-ok so it didn't suck dirt. Think he was at about 2 or 3 gallons on it by that point. I'd buy one now if they were in stock. Presumably, the turbo head button from several other .21 engines will fit since I haven't had a standard plug in a number of years.
@@cbh148 It's a solid SH based engine. Carb definitely is the weak-point. I plan on using it as a tester to attempt modding butfor the first time but that will be down the line..
I had 2 of the old Mach .26 V2's and I ran close to 8 gallons through each and about 5 or 6 through a piston and sleeve. They ate worn pretty well lol.
It will pull a truggy. I ran it in my ET48 2.0 durring breakin. Bit of advice.. take your time breaking it in... Keep it fat durring breakin and it should last a while. Don't buy the cheap Amazon plugs. Get OS plugs for it 👍 Most of all enjoy the experience.
How does the new Mach 2 hold up. I just pulled my Sportwerks Mayhems out after 20 years. They have the Mach .26 V2 from 2004. Pretty good engines. But I hear the new Mach engines are built by someone else now. I was thinking about buying a new Mach engine for my Mayhem. But I just haven't pulled the trigger from uncertainty lol.
@gainsrc cool deal. Thank you. I don't know which engine you are running. I am running the .26 in my buggy. The engine from 20 years ago is pretty powerful. Like you said tho, even that one isn't as powerful as better engines. I've seen .21's that'd brat the breaks off this .26. But I'm not looking to spend $400 to a $1000 for an engine either. I'm not competing anymore so I really don't need a full race spec Adam Drake broken in of a house payment either roflmfao
@gainsrc There are definitely worse ways lol. I am doing. Ls3 swap in a 03'Crown Vic Police. It's a project with my grandkids. We'll, I really wouldn't say uts a worse way lol. More expensive maybe. By multipliers lol. Cool so that was a .21 and she ran that good? Cool deal. I may go that way. .26 are nitro gusslers lol
