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ORIGINAL: Mspeed

Here is a good tip to add to your glow plug removal; after you clean the area around it, rest the revo upside down at a slight angle. Keep the revo engine off to the edge of the table or work bench and now break the glow plug free and remove it. This will help insure than no bits of dirt will fall into the motor when you take the plug out. And more than likely you will get your washer to come off with the plug so you dont have to fish it out and cause more dirt to fall into the motor. If you do need to fish it out, you can rest assure that any dirt will not fall into the motor due to it being upside down. Before you reinstall your plug you can clean the area while its upside down to prevent dirt from falling into the motor as well.

Here is another good tip to help prolong the life of your motor. Since your engine is still tight from break in, you can heat the engine head with a hairdryer before you start it each time. Getting your temps up to operating range is important to a longer life of a nitro motor. The key is to keep your temps up and try not to run it cool, thats were you start tearing away alot of life of the piston and sleeve fit. I like to run a bit rich with high temps during the first gallon, this helps add alot of life to your motor. If you are having trouble keeping your temps up and staying a bit rich, you can help achieve this by useing just the right amount of tape around the top of the head. If you got a really good break in, you should get plenty of power even with it on the rich side and controling temps by wraping the head.

You should always cut a cooling hole out of the front window and just block it off to what ever amount you need to with clear tape to help control temps at speed.

I got alot more if your interested, reverse the clutch shoes for longer bearing life and longer clutch life, switch the throttle return spring for a lower tention one, locktite your wheel nuts, get a traxxas wing mount and then a wing of your choice to protect the engine and mount and acts as a wheelie bar, if you got the older revo with reverse, switching the linkage to the inner hole on the mini reverse servo will prolong its life . And if your is the older revo, I dont like two servos for the steering, they have potential of fighting one another. Going to one servo like the newer style is less hassle and lower potential for problems. Getting the revo throttle adjusted with no binding is important as well. It usually very sloppy from the factory, but can be fine tuned if you understand how to adjust your trim so the horn lines up for enough throw and getting the angle on the carb right and the arm straightened out.