Hello new to the forums(kind of)
 

I was on here about 20yrs ago,was a mod for awhile then quit RC.
Just bought a Tmaxx 2.5,should be here tomorrow.
Any tips on break in?
Tuning?
I have owned several nitro trucks and buggies,but as said it was many moons ago.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JT

Welcome to RCU.

I'm not a "nitro guy", but I would follow recommended break-in procedures of manufacturer. Every engine is different and doing one method from "back in the day" may not be the best. The manual will surely give you insight to what the manufacturer has tested to be best for their engine.

Thanks.I went thru the manual a couple times,probably read it once more and break it in tomorrow.Is this place always this slow?Are there other nitro/Tmaxx forums?

I think the electric stuff killed the nitro hobby. Most people don't want to learn how to tune an engine.

Nothing can replace the sound & smell of burning nitro !
Too cold and wet outside to be runnin rite now or id have my grandson out there.

​​​​​​​I think it's more about it being a pain tuning Nitro. I had to constantly tune my nitro vehicles. Every time you ran it...you were tuning it. Even 2-3 times during a run just to get it right. People went 2 stroke gas and electric. Electric also got much longer run times than 10 years ago. I could never run my electrics for 1.25 hours on a single battery.

When the engine is running right they are easy to tune. If you have an air leak then it becomes difficult to impossible. I went through that and was always chasing the tune because as the engine got hot it would run different than when it was cold. Once I found out I had an air leak and fix it by replacing the crank bearings, it was a night and day difference in tuning ease. Which reminds me. I bought a random $50 rc parts box and it had a e-maxx in a million pieces. I think I need to buy a screw kit online somewhere and put that thing together. I love electrics for snow, you can play from the window. Even though modern brushless and lipos provide killer performance, it can't replace that experience you get from nitro. You need both! lol

Frustration from tuning and constantly breaking parts caused me to walk away for a few years. The convenience of online shopping and a little more patience/maturity and I'm back into it now.

Watching youtube videos and reading a lot of forum posts really helped me get everything back in service and get my engines to absolutely rip. The only problem is there is plenty of bad information and misconceptions floating around out there and without having your own experience it can be difficult to tell who really knows what they're talking about and who doesn't. Particularly because people tend to be highly opinionated and sometimes confrontational about this hobby. You really have to take in all the information you can, draw your own conclusions and then just try things and see how they turn out.

Once you get a nitro engine to really sing and have some understanding of how it operates, it really isn't that difficult to keep it running nicely. Then down the road if you encounter some difficulty it becomes easier to troubleshoot problems that aren't related to the needles.