Hello,

I'm new here and to gas powered rc cars (have owned a plane a while ago) and I have a couple of questions about the model I purchased on ebay and about inital startup.

First the car I purchased on ebay and the one delivered to me is slightly diffrent but so far no complaints from me since the one shipped has a larger engine (.18) than advertised. I do however want to make sure the model I received is actually a 2 speed but I don't yet know how to identify that. Any suggestions? If needed, I can take some pics of it. I have no idea of brand or model so I won't try to guess.

Second, when I initally start it up, would it be wise to put a few drops of marvel mystery oil in it and rotate the engine to lubricate the cylinder walls? I use that stuff every year before I first crank my boat over and it really helps!
I've also seen diffrent posts on the break in process. Some saying one thing and some saying other things. Anyone care to give a few quick pointers?

Thanks for the help!

to find out if its a 2 speed lift it off the ground so no wheels touch and slowly rev it so that the rpm increases slowly, if it at any stage changes tone or jumps all of a sudden then that is the gear change.

Dann

i think the marvel mystery oil is more suited to gasoline engines, not nitro, right? you may want to get some after run oil and put that into the engine.
[EDIT]
never mind you can use marvel in a nitro engine, sorry.