I had three years of bad starts, don't give up
, run that engine and just break the next one in with heat cycles. Don't pay anyone to teach you anything.........sometimes, not always, LHS guys are so set in their ways they may not be the best source of advice........not always but sometimes. Read all you can and go to the track during races, even if you are not racing and meet people and learn.
I just broke in a new LRP Spec III with 24 heat cycles using only 4 tanks of fuel..............I have a video of how it runs, I will post it over at lstforums.com in a bit.