July 13, 2008

How to break in a Nitro RC engine Part 7: New School Method

This vid is on the new school break in method. The nice part about this method is that heat is good and it is the focus of the break in. Once you achieve a constant 200 degrees F then you finish that tank and move on to the next method. For the first cycle you run for 3 minutes and then check the engine temp. If you are at 200 degrees then move on. If not, lean it to gain more heat or richen it to lessen heat. Cool the engine at bottom dead center BDC and then start the engine back up. Run the engine for another 3 minutes and then see where the temp is.

You will repeat this till you are constantly at 200 degrees.

When you are then you will do 4 minutes till with half throttle variances. If you are maintaining 200 degrees then move on. If not, then richen or lean as you need to.

On the last leg, you will run for 5 minute intervals at full throttle. Maintaining 200 degrees will allow you to graduate to a broken in engine.
This video is on how to select fuel and glow plugs prior to break in. Information that this contains his how to troubleshoot and break in the kit based off of the glow plug, how much oil is good in fuel, and what nitro percent is good for the fuel.

This is a ten video rc nitro break in series. The series is designed on how to guide the novice to experienced racing pro or basher on how to break in a nitro rc properly. I will teach the traxxas, new school, and my own method which is a combination of the other two. I will show the user how to prime a nitro rc engine, start the engine using a bump start box, ex starter, roto start, pull start and tiger drive devices. Then, after break in, I will go over nitro engine tuning theory and then show the tuning actally done. This engine tuning series is good for the AE associated electronics Gt GT2 MGT mini MGT hpi savage x ss, traxxas revo tmaxx t maxx s ofna hyper st pro 7 8 9 8. buggy truggy jammin crt crt.5 mini hyper losi lst lst2 lst1 muggy 8ight 8ight-t truggy monster truck mt byt chris mt kyosho 777 sp2 worlds mugen mbx lx comp pro and many more! os engines trx picco sts axial .12 .15 .18 3.3 2.5 .20 .21 .23. 25. 27 .28 .30 .32 collari lrp spec 3 DM

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July 13, 2008

Squirrelod @ 4:01 pm

Running hot can be …
Running hot can be lean or air leaks. Seal the engine for an air leak and richen it for lean needles. My tuning vid addresses lean and I have a vid on here for finding a air leak and also how to seal an engine.

If your engine cannot sustain idle then turn the idle screw in with the air filter off. Move the slide out, turn the screw in, and move the slide back. You can then see a bigger gap when you release the slide. Your gap is not big enough to sustain idle and is choking the engine.

son8god8damn @ 4:01 pm

mine dies out in 3 …
mine dies out in 3 secs without rpm raise. wat i do. oh and it runs hot

Squirrelod @ 4:01 pm

Basically what …
Basically what Jimmy stated is what I do. Others use their shoe to block the exhaust of the pipe, and other ways.

jimmydpsk8 @ 4:01 pm

press the fuel-line …
press the fuel-line near the carburator, then your engine should die in less than 4 seconds.

If it increases the rpm and take more than 4 seconds, lean the low speed niddle 1/8.

shattaD @ 4:01 pm

pinch the fuel line …
pinch the fuel line or hold cover the exhaust but caution it might be hot

willhibdon @ 4:01 pm

Hi how do you kill …
Hi how do you kill the engine?

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