take it easy or full throttle
 

OK so here's the scoop. i bought a buggy off of a friend was getting out of the army about a month ago. a lot of little things wrong with it but i managed to fix it. now I'm asking do i go full throttle or take it easy? i went to the LHS and they gave me 15% nitro fuel so that's all the info i have but please give me some feedback

RE: take it easy or full throttle
 

If its a new engine then you need to run it in, if its been used then go for your life.

RE: take it easy or full throttle
 

its been used. and now the S.O.B wont start and i was just fine Earlier what should i do????:(

RE: take it easy or full throttle
 

What buggy and what motor is in it? How is the motor sounding/acting?

RE: take it easy or full throttle
 

its a Carson specter ( German specs cuz i am in Germany ) don't know the engine size but it says 3.5 on the side. i took it to my friends place and we notice that the lines were pinched so i fixed that along with a total motor cleaning than my glow igniter went out so i charged that. i think that's it for now lol. How can you tell if you glow plug goes bad? how long should a new glow plug last? how can you tell if it is bad?

RE: take it easy or full throttle
 

Take it out of the engine and put it in the igniter, if it doesnt light up its no good, or if the coil is all bent and deformed or pushed in its probably no good. Look at a new one and use that as a reference as to what it should generally look like, it will not look as new but the coil should remain the same shape unless you are running to lean or the engine isnt shimmed properly.

Glow plugs are like light bulbs, they can last 3 months or 3 minutes. Go to a shop with the car, usually one with a track will have more experienced guys on hand (thats not saying any others are bad but just a fact) and ask them what you should do. But for the most part if you want to go at it alone you should grab a few different heat ranges and see what works best.

For some tuning info, read this top to bottom 3 or 4 times and print it out if you arent familiar with tuning an engine, which is a process that usually needs to be done every day you take it out or even sometimes adjusted a few times through the course of a day.

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