February 25, 2023

1st Nova Engines International Trophy announced

Italian engine manufacturer Nova Engines has announced its first Nova Engines International Trophy Race.  The onroad event will take place on May 6/7th at L. Collari RC Raceway in Bologna, the home track of nitro onroad legend Lamberto Collari.  Nova Engines is headed up by engine guru Stefano Colombini and the inaugural event will be exclusively for the 1:8 Onroad class.  Expected to attract many of nitro onroad top drivers registration came be made through myrcm.ch .

Source: Nova Engines [nova-engines.com]


January 30, 2023

Neumann joins Nova Engines

In more changes to his race programme for 2023, Joern Neumann has announced he will be using Nova Engines.  Founded last year by former top Italian onroad racer Stefano Colombini, as the name suggests there is a connection with the iconic Novarossi brand which ceased trading in 2021.  Commenting in the announcement that he will represent Nova Engines, the reigning IFMAR GT World Champion said, ‘For nitro engines I will be using Nova Engines to power my Sworkz cars.  Thanks to Franco and everyone at Nova Engines for the possibility.

Source: Nova Engines [nova-engines.com]


July 18, 2022

Nova Engines glow plugs

Following the recent announcement of the establishment of Nova Engines, the Italian brand have released the complete info on their first product, glow plugs. Available for both the onroad and offroad categories they come in 5 or 6 for offroad and 6 or 7 for onroad. Nova plugs have a guaranteed airtight seal, are made from controlled expansion materials and feature a new filament resistant to pressure and high temperatures. Automated assemblies allow for greater precision and all plugs are tested for functionality. All these details have allowed Nova Engines to optimise their glow plug for different uses, ensuring greater performance and longevity to safeguard engine reliability and durability. Sold in a handy package that contains 2 plugs in order to allow you to always have a spare on hand.

View a close up of the plugs here


June 15, 2022

Introducing Nova Engines

Introducing Nova Engines, founded by former top Italian onroad racer Stefano Colombini. As the name suggests there is a connection with the well known Novarossi brand which closed down last year. The new project counts among its founders and collaborators, the best technicians that were previously involved in Novarossi. The new company is strongly focused on the goal of guaranteeing an obsessive quality in the product. with a strong and continuous drive towards innovation and research. They said, ‘The quality and passion of our organization represent in this sense an element of strong continuity with the best years of Novarossi. With the insertion of new technical staff, the help of new design software and the latest generation machinery we are able to satisfy and guarantee the demands of a constantly evolving market togethere with a Customer Assistance service that is now more than ever necessary for our market.’ As they get up to speed their first product are glow plugs, with pipes and manifolds hitting the market in about 2 weeks with engines starting to become available by August. More details on those products as we get them.

View their new glowplugs & packaging here