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Old 12-15-2010 | 06:41 AM
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Default RE: Engine break-in in freezing cold
Actually that's ideal break in temperature for a gas engine. It will be very happy. In fact it would be happy in that temperature all its life. You have to richen the needles quite a bit to fly in those temperatures. I'd say a 1/4 turn more rich on both needles. That's what I found out from flying in snow:
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