Having problems tuning nitro engine READ THIS!!!
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From: newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM
The following link will take you to a website that if you read and follow it properly will get your engine running awesome, anybody who uses it please give feedback here please.

www.nitromonkey.com/tuning.shtml


www.nitromonkey.com/tuning.shtml
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From: dorset, UNITED KINGDOM
seen it all before, on another site, word for word.
if you require more power from you engine
[link=http://www.storacingproducts.com/rc-cars-planes/html_templates/storacing_templates/horsepower.htm]Click Here...[/link]
if you require more power from you engine
[link=http://www.storacingproducts.com/rc-cars-planes/html_templates/storacing_templates/horsepower.htm]Click Here...[/link]
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That isanice link.....for the experinced user of nitro engines, but the link i put up is for the more beginner, who just wants what they have running nice, and then they might want to advance to the next level.
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gingerman- i actualy copied that article and saved it on my computer so when i have problems with my engine i just look at it
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Disagree with idea of tuning low-end first - subsequent adjustment of main needle can throw off the low-end. Here's my tuning method:
Step 1 : Warm up the engine (at factory settings if the tune is way off), run 1/2 tank. Refill.
Step 2 : Adjust main needle for power, good smoke at full throttle. Temp less than 250.
Step 3 : At idle, pinch fuel line at carb inlet. RPM should rise slowly, engine quits in 5 secs.
RPM's rise quickly - Low-end is too lean.
RPM's don't change for a while, then rise - Low-end is too rich.
Step 4 : Run engine at normal race pace, then let idle for a minute or so. Measure Temp.
Temp at idle rises - Low-end is too lean.
Temp at idle falls - Low-end is too rich.
Step 5 : Fine-tune main needle to keep engine temp under 250 at race pace.
Keep in mind that mixture will lean out as fuel tank empties - always tune on the rich side with the tank at least half full.
Step 1 : Warm up the engine (at factory settings if the tune is way off), run 1/2 tank. Refill.
Step 2 : Adjust main needle for power, good smoke at full throttle. Temp less than 250.
Step 3 : At idle, pinch fuel line at carb inlet. RPM should rise slowly, engine quits in 5 secs.
RPM's rise quickly - Low-end is too lean.
RPM's don't change for a while, then rise - Low-end is too rich.
Step 4 : Run engine at normal race pace, then let idle for a minute or so. Measure Temp.
Temp at idle rises - Low-end is too lean.
Temp at idle falls - Low-end is too rich.
Step 5 : Fine-tune main needle to keep engine temp under 250 at race pace.
Keep in mind that mixture will lean out as fuel tank empties - always tune on the rich side with the tank at least half full.



