ORIGINAL: FlyinGN
don't worry too much about break in.. A lot of people don't even do a break in procedure.. I let it idle with a throttle blip and a 5 second above idle throttle hold now and again for the first tank. Same for tank 2 with a little more rpm. Tank 3 slow sped around the lawn. Tank 4 a little faster.. with a few short wot blasts.. Have fun! BTW- its very quiet.. Its a dream to run.. I was gonan change the muffler but I like how quiet it is and how cool plastic stays. I did buy a header though..
Frank
ORIGINAL: ENR_Kyle
wow.. my redcat truggy will be here next wednesday.. you got me so excited..
few question..
Did you let the entire first tank idel only.. never piving it ANY gas?.. Is that how we should be doing it?.. I thougt I read somewhere "do not run at a constant/consistent speed as this may cause a hot spot during break-in procedure"
hmm.. So now im confused.
Break in probablly the most important thing your going to do with your nitro engine. How you break it in will determine how the engine runs and how long it's going to last. The best methode I have found is the heat cycle method it tempers the metal of the piston and sleeve. Basically you will start it up and let it idle for about 4 minutes shut it off and let it cool with the piston at BDC and keep doing that through the first tank after that you can go at various speeds between half and idle speed next tank you can do between full and idle. This method have proved well for us so far, I have an engine that's going on 4 years old and about 15 gallons of fuel all though it's starting to get tired, lol. There's a hundered different ways to break in an engine but you have to pick one at least and break take your time breaking it in.