thanks for the tips guys. i think im running pretty rich right now as i have it almost 5 full turns out and the manual says to run it rich u need only be 1 and a half turns. im thinking this manual sucks by the way. i seem to have the car switching gears finally but it does it as soon as i give it gas, it only wants to stay in first for a second or so then it switches which is way too soon, so im still messing with that. i did however get a new glow plug from my brother, and it is a hot one. bryan, my brother, has a few of the nitro cars and says he thinks that i got a good deal on this car at around $200.00, but he thinks that the manual might be off a bit. like only 2-3 tanks for break in, he says his are from 4-6 on his traxxus and ofna. also, he thinks that the manual for the red cat might be a little off as we are running real rich at 5 full turns out, but any less and u cant even see any smoke coming from it, which it should have. red cat wants to run it at 1 and 1/2 turns, which seems lean. so what do you guys think. im a noob to all of this and wonder if my brother really knows what hes talking about lol.