I've got a G15 and 2 of the Taipans but I don't think I'll try that . I believe the Taipan was intended to run on 40% nitro and a figure I've heard said it would then give something over .6HP at around 22,000 revs. I suspect your engines kept running because the compressions were too high for straight nitro and they may have been dieseling (auto-ignition) without needing the plug to be glowing. Straight nitro will only handle 6:1 compression before wanting to detonate. Good story though .