Im running savage with- 3 speed- tsias M25 pipe- OS 30 - 17/47 Gearing-
nova heat sink engine mount- no body on during break in- trinity monster horse power 25% and OS # 8 glowplug

I also just rebuilt all diffs and gearboxes-

the OS 30 is so so so rich out of the box- I dont understand

ran first 4 tanks @ factory settings ( so fricking rich) in figure 8 motion to seat and break in diffs- I spent alot time with aluminum cups and shimmed pinion and aluminum grearboxes ect. I wanted to seat all diff first-

first 4 tanks I did not even get out of first gear- just doing figure 8's to seat diff- temp only like 125 degrees- not dumpiong on throttle at all-

next 5-9 tanks spent doing figure 8's and slowly leaning the hsn still stuck in first gear- not dumping on it and like 3-5 second throttle bursts- higest temp achieved like 162.5 degrees-

today I leaned out the hsn more and slightly leaned out the lsn- maybe ran 6 -8 tanks- finally hit second- ( i think) I serously doubt it 3rd gear- anyway higest temp today was like max 180 degrees- mostly between 168 and 175 degrees- doing pretty good throttle and rpm blasts to try to bring up temp- not really beating on it- however by now I should beable to peg the throttle by now?

I dont understand why they set these thing so rich out of the box-
I have run like 15-18 tanks of fuel- thats like 75% of a gallon and still have not hit 200 degrees- 178-180 degrees is the highest sofar-

now I have been doing some reading on engine break in and Im totally freaking out that I have run my engine to cool ( not hot enough) for to long- do you think my engine is toast or done?- I was hopeing it would last over 5 gallons- with the body off and the nova heat sink moter mount- and being set ungodly rich from the factory im having a really hard time getting my temp up to 200 hundred-

any comments would be great-

Im scared I toasted my engine -

please help-

is 180 degrees hot enough for full break in- its been like 15-18 tanks of fuel-

I have read so much like never go by temp- go by smoke-
only use heat cycle method-
beginers NEVER use heat cycle method-
" I never break in my moters"

please help Im freaking out over here if you cant already tell-

thanks everyone