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Old 12-30-2009, 01:20 PM
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James c harrell
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Default RE: Fuel? Glow plugs?

You ain't kidding about the stock plugs. I am on my fourth and I haven't been 10 tanks. I was a little concerned about the air cleaner. We live on sandy land and the stock cleaners intake points right at the front wheel. It keeped a lot of sand on the screen so I put an HPI Two stage that has the end capped off and pulls air from the side. Changed the way it ran alot and before I could get the tune back it burnt the last plug I had. Can't figure out if it is the 15% fuel I am using or just crappy plugs on a not perfect tune. It really seems to run great one minute and bad the next. Could fuel level change the way it runs? I have been monitoring temps with the infa-red and try to keep them between 250-300. Any thing above 300 I can tell it don't run good at all. I tell you what, planes are a whole lot easier to tune! And they stay the way I tune it unless there is a drastic temp change.