i was trying to tune my volcano today.when i was running wot it would sputter,taking off was a lil sputtery also . does anyone have some suggestions. i also dont want to run too lean,but i want the best performance without risking damage

THANX BUBBZ

Do you have a temp gun? I have been told you can run these engines in the 260 and 270 range. If you have a temp gun the process of tuning is a lot easier.

no, i have to wait till after x-mas to buy anything for myself

These engines are not easily tuned, so I have been told. There are a lot easier one out there. I just did very small adjustments 1/8th turns at a time. you will have to wait alittle bit for the adjustment to take place, so don't do a bunch of adjustments at once. Once you make a adj. blurp the throttle a couple times while running. Make sure you see really good smoke coming out of the exhaust.

I would stay on the rich side then, until you get a temp gun. These enginges get hot very fast. Many times running my car it was in 240 range then the next time I checked it was in 290s. It will be very hard for you to get you car running great with out a temp gun.

Hopefully someone might ahve some old school ideas for you. Sorry if I can't help on that one.

ill have to get one. i run it pretty hard so i think that would be a good investment. what about a failsafe. how exactle do the work.im afraid to go far from myself,any idea how far the stock raido goes?

If you run your car Hard I would not be surprised if your in the 280s to 300 range or even over 300.A failsafe would be a great investment. What it does when you get to far away and the your car can not pick up the frequency anymore, the failsafe will put your car into idle. It also does the same if your batteries go bad. So you don't watch your car drive off into the sunset. There is also a temp fail safe, but I have not tried one and I have not read any good reviews on one either.

that sounds good id hate to go out of distance and the car keep going.does it matter which one i buy any suggestions..you have been a lot of help thanx

Hey bro I am still learning right with you, so no problem. try this link [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=fail+safe&FVPROFIL=++&search3=Go]Failsafe[/link]

thanx again

One more thing I almost forgot to tell you. You might have to get a battery pack you can't use some of these with alkalines. Make sure you read about the fail safe before you just buy one.

do you have a local hobby store. If so I would go there and they would be able to hook you up with one.

you can run some of them off of the battery pack but you would be better off to get a receiver battery also i would pick the venom smart temp failsafe because it is a failsafe plus it tells you what temperature your engine is running

ok ill check it out

Let this be a warning! Avoid the venom smart temp at all costs!! it is a POS! quite seriously I almost lost close to $1500 worth of car with one of these little buggers! They rattle apart within no time and break down just as quick.
I'd recommend just a regular failsafe and use a temp gun separately. But it goes without saying that you should not tune to a specific temp. Some engines like to run 280F and above normally. Just make sure you are getting maximum power with lots of smoke.
In regards to temps, you can always do the 'spit test' where you drop a bit of spit onto the head and watch what it does. If it just sits there, its too cold, if it sizzles and vapourizes instantly its too lean. It should bubble a fizz for a couple of seconds before evapourating.

really i am glad you said that because i was fixing to order a smarttemp failsafe off of ebay

We use Ofna Fail safes and recommend them to all our customers, you can get one on Ebay for anywhere from 10 to 25 Dollars, just have to look, They are very reliable I have had mine for about 2 years and still works great. Yes the spit test is a pretty good way to see what's going on with out buying a temp gun, You can get the temp guns off Ebay for cheap too. They Work pretty good I bought one but don't use it, spit test and blue smoke has worked good for the last 20 years so I just stick with it.

yeah the old pro's will tell you they only use the spit test hey. As long as there's a good stream of smoke and you are achieving maximum power it should be fine. don;t worry too much about temps. Most engines I find wont get maximum power until around 250F and above. But generally keep it below 300F and it should be fine.