ry5no2

I was breaking in my car today (eb4) and for the first tank i idled it with a few twitches on the throttle, then ive been going round each time getting faster and faster on each tank im onto my fourth after a whole day this has got to be THE MOST boring thing to do with nitro rc, SNORE, well i think this anyway, i dont under stand how anyone can find going around at halk throttle for 1/2 an hour is fun being careful not to go too fast

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snowbl!nd

Broke in my .12 Novarossi basically the same way - must have taken about a week because i just couldn't be bothered to go outside and spend 15odd minutes going through 1 tank at 1/3 throttle.

The .21 in my MGT however - full throttle in a huge carpark as per the manual. Much better!

ry5no2

Lol, well my manual said to, go full throttle straight away as soon as you first start it up

if im not mistaken then dont ya think thats aBIT over board,

and Merry christ mas Everyone, And Chris And Nathan and Gabe

Ryan

snowbl!nd

Yeah, seems to be Thunder Tigers method of breaking in an engine. Didn't know any better back then, so i did it!

Seems to have worked though, 4 gallons and the engine is running great!

ry5no2

Well ive slowly AND I MEAN SLOWLY, built up the speeds i go at, the only probs is how do i know what half of the full throttle is when i cant go full throttle??

Ryan

pre98zetec

I performed the first break in in this hobby last week with my new Peak Diablo in my RS4, i didn't think of it as boring. I thought it was rather fun (being the first time)

ry5no2

Its my first time, WELL i suppose it is christmas day and i was a **BIT** drunk, so maybe slightly impatiant AHHHH, only two tanks left and how big are your tanks in RC4's, cos mine is like 150cc it takes the mickey

Ryan

pre98zetec

75cc, lasts about 15 minutes in break in (very rich).

ry5no2

haha MAYBE NOT 150. but its maybe standard on a 1/8th buggy

Ryan

xxMESTxx

u know im trying to break mine in, and when i try to start it i have to give it gas on the controller to get it to start and as soon as i let off, it dies, then when it doesnt do that, it trys to take off on me so i only got 3 tanks through, and im trying to get my car running enough to get the last 2 or 3 but if im not on the throttle it shuts off

46u

My Feedback: (3)

Most buggy fuel tanks are 125cc or that is the biggest most sanctions allow unless it is a out law tank. Yes breaking in a new engine is a pain but I all ways break mine in, in one day.

Taffey

Break-in is pretty darned boring...

I don't mind, though, because it usually means that you have something shiny and new to play with. [8D]

paintstikker

Yeah, its too tempting to just hit the throttle. But at least you dont just watch it idle for 30 minutes...

Dokioto

I can't wait to break in my new Truck!

Nitro212

lol never broke in an engine before but heh mayeb soon i will mayeb do a picnick so i wont get bored :-p

ry5no2

Well seeing as it goes dark at 3:30, I cant do it in a day, AND IM WELL ANNOYED!!! wheree i live there is an almost straight and half way down it there is a lmap post right in the middle of the road...I thikn youcan guess what i did at 3/4 throttle...and brakes....Naa it wasnt much damage just a cracked fuel tank but they cost about 15 to replace and thats in £, s oit works out pretty expensive, and what annoys me is that part on all eb4s is the part that break VERY easily, THE FUELTANK

Ryan

JamieKerr

I agree breaking in a engine sucks im preparing myself to do it again soon i might be getting a hyper 7, i might mark out a small track to drive slowly around when beaking it in lol bit more fun than in circles hahaha

SAVAGEJIM

Yese, break-in sucks and requires patience of a saint. But it is very necessary.

I have done the manual's recommended method of break-in and have scrapped that idea all together. Some of the break-in methods in the owner's manual just down right suck. I have for some time (and with success of prolonged engine life) used the heat cycling method. See the follong link, post #6 by Fuelman:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_2786285/tm.htm

If you want to do the heat cycling method (the best method for ABC engine break-in to date), Fuelman's post #6 is the way to go. You can basically ignore the first 5 posts, they are attempts to explain other break-in methods.

I said it dozens of times before, I truely believe that Fuelman's post #6 should be made into a sticky. The idea of breaking in an engine with the vwhicle on blocks idling sucks. It's terrible that engine manuals still say to do this.

fourwheels0

My Feedback: (7)

heat cycle,heat cycle,heat cycle it's not boring. think about it the manual say's idle two tank's[:'(]. i'd rather DRIVE two tank's. never believe everything you read in the manufacturer's manual's. read them yes but also do some outside research.