Brand new BME out of the box... Zinger pro 22x8, lawn boy ashless gen II, 93 octane fuel,, (maybe I should back down to 87?) 90deg with high humidity.. Idle around 1600 top at about 6950.

Now a question for all you bme owners, how hot is the bottom f your crankcase after a little run time? It never acted as if it were hot, always accepted the throttle, never loaded up at all. Never acted as though it was going to die. I killed it waited a minute or so and restarted it with no problems. Put my hand on the crank case to check it after it was off for a minute or two and it was hot enough to not leave your hand there for more than 2 or 3 seconds. I left the needles as they came from Dons Hobbies. This is my first brand new gas motor and I don't want anything to go wrong with it..