i need help with my truck
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i need help with my truck
i bought my first nitro rc car and im having trouble!! so far i broke in the engine....went threw about 4 tanks everything was fine...i was going to start to tune the engine but now i cant even start it and when i do ffinally get it to start it will be runing fine for a few minutes then it wil run for about 2mintues and shut off i thought because it was at factory settings it was runing to rich so i tried adjusting the low end and high end but now it...i cant even get it to start and if it does it revves really high and tried to take off on me... i tried messing with the throttle trim so it dosnt take off on me but then it just shuts off....anyone help me out? i really dnt want to take it in to have someone tune it because i would like to learn myself.
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RE: i need help with my truck
Don't use your throttle trim to set idle speed. Start by settingyour idle gap (throttle slide opening) to .5mm - .7mm. Good idea to always use a throttle return spring so that carb will closeto the idle stop position.
Try watching all the parts of the series by Squirrel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZiU...4042B21077119E
Try watching all the parts of the series by Squirrel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZiU...4042B21077119E