Alright Ron and RC Lover, got a few questions for you guys. The Bud Hydro is my first boat and first nitro engine. When the engine is cold there is plenty of compression. When the engine has warmed up a while there is no compression at all, literally. I can get it restarted but no very easily. I think I scorched the rings when I first got it. I didn't know what I was doing and leaned it way!!! out . I ran it several times and it would just die out as soon as I opened the throttle. Someone later told me it was way too lean. Not good. Anyway, does that sound like burned rings, piston, or sleeve.

Also, a big deep vee gas boat sounds good but I just can't afford a $1,000 boat. Since I already have a engine (dynamite .15 pull start ) radio, servos, and everything I was thinking about just buying a hull and moving everything over from the Miss Bud. I live on a rough lake and its almost impossible to find water smooth enough for the Hydro. I like the looks of the Graupner Systems Cat, Titan, Bandit El lobo, and Hydro & Marine M-1 Super Cat. I don't want to build a scratch hull like the Systems Cat though. I can't tell if all of the hulls will except a nitro engine. Really leaning towards the M-1,I think its 39" long.

What do you guys think? New ring, piston, and sleeve? Run it a while? New hull?