two of my friends at work bought revos last week. both of them are new to the hobby so i tried to help them as much as i could. the first guy was to excited to do a prober breakin. he let it idle for about half a tank, then took it easy for the rest of that tank. the second tank went a little harder.................then it was wot...........against my advise, mind you. the second guy watched the vid about five times, read the book, then wtched the vid again and broke his in to the letter, except that he did it in a gravel lot instead of in a paved lot.

here's the thing.......the first guy's truck runs really well, has good power, but it doesn't hold a tune real well, and when he lets off the throttle it stalls after it worms up. i'm still working on getting the tune right so that it doesn't stall but other than that it runs well.

the second guys truck, which i havn't gotten to work on yet, wont' even run unless the glow plug is being heated. he has an airplane also (which has yet to see the sky) so he has been useing the glowplug igniter from that, and as long as it is on the truck it runs but within a few second after you pull it off the engine dies. i'm assuming that he has not reset the idle since it was broken in, so maybe that will fix his prob.

so which one will be better off in the long run? i'm putting my money on the second guy even though he is having problems right now. once i get time to spend a few mins. tinkering i have a feeling that truck is going to scream.

on a side note.........i think i toasted my 2.5 last week (ran away, flipped over, and screamed to high heaven for 20 secs or so untill i got it shut down), so i will be breaking in an os .18tm in the next couple of weeks or so. i will be heat cycleing it, for a total of about two tanks of fuel, then rich for another two, then wot..................