I know theres an offical thread but it's much too long to go through =(

Anyway I dusted off my Nitro Evader and took it out for spin today (when I say dusted off I mean nearly compeltely tearing it down and rebuilding most of the engine, etc etc) I started out with factory break in needle settings just to be on the safe side as I had replaced my crankcase and the bearings(piston,sleeve,etc still the same) inside of it. I settled on a HSN of 1 1/8 turn out and a wee bit in from flsuh on the LSN. I was getting good smoke trails temps of around 200 and the thing actually did wheelies... it has never before even hinted that it wanted to do wheelies lol...

Anyway I'm pretty happy with the performance side but it's a real pain to get the thing to start, I have to turn off the rx and crack open the throttle a little to get it to start and then I have to blip it for a few seconds to make sure it still runs, otherwise it dies as soon as I give it gas. I think the problem is the clutch spring becuase I had this problem before where the clutch was engaging too early and killing the engine at low rpm.

My question is: is there a decent upgrade to the stock clutch? Maybe a 3 shoe aluminum one that will fit on there? I need to get a new clutch bell soon anyway as the teeth on the bell are nearly worn out.

Also any suggestiogns on my starting problem? From a cold start it usually fires up fine, but after it's had a chance to warm up a bit it refuses to start unless I crack the throttle half way... this problem has pretty much plagued me since I oroginally got the thing. Can't quite seem to figure it out.

Thanks

you think these might work? http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVK12&P=0
ive been looking for a good replacement clutch, also.

I have a racing clutch from HPI in the mail as well as a lighten flywheel. I'm hopeing that the flywheel will fit. I'll let you know in the Official Evader thread.

Your warm re-start issues aren't just yours. Nitro engines, characteristically don't want to start warm. I use a starter box and have to turn my throttle trim up to raise the idle quite a bit, and sometimes it still doesn't want to start. If you wait a couple of minutes for the engine to cool a little bit, the starts are much easier. I usually take a bit of time to check the truck for loose fasteners, and make a trip around the track to pick a couple of rocks, and that is usually long enough to cool the engine enough to start nice.

If u tighten the idle screw up it will start easy. and will stay going. when i first got mine it had the same problem.