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Old 06-12-2023 | 12:32 PM
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2W0EPI
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Originally Posted by Jesse Open
Or, use a cold plug and add battery power at idle to add heat. That way you retain the desireable colder heat range at higher speeds.
I tried a hotter plug and found the engine idles at lower rpm than with the medium plug, this makes sense to me because I am only running on 5% nitro and actually I would like to go down to zero nitro and see how she runs.

Originally Posted by Jesse Open
Actually sounds like you are trying to retard, not advance firing angle.
Due to bad weather I haven't tried the top end yet but it was pretty darn good with a medium plug but idling was a a problem, I'll try again tomorrow.

Jesse, having put some thought into what you said I maybe getting mixed up between advance and retard or early detonation with a hot plug, but then I am a learner so the reason for raising the thread in the first place.

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