You must like the tang of copper.

Does it taste different if you are running in Mabuchi vs Johnson motors?

So with the water thing do you just drop the whole motor in water?
-Sean

Yes. Dip the whole thing in a cup of water while it's going.

And no, it's not going to electrocute anyone.

to run my 540 motor in i like to do the following procedure:

step1: place motor on ground
step2: grab touring car
step3: place it in the passengers seat at the front of your real car
step4: place your car in reverse
step5: release handbrake
step5: reverse over the motor
step6: place car in "D", then accelerate.
step7: repeat steps 4,5,6 and 7 3 to 4 times.
step8: place crushed motor in a glass of water
step9: place a hassle free and very quick brushless motor in your 1:10 electric touring car.

this method is a little more time consuming but i think it solves the issue of the slow 540 motor when new. i found that the brushes become really well worn in......to the ground

This is the best run in method I have ever seen. There is only one step left out that is 6.1 Do a fully sick burnout on the can as a 540 will never spin the wheels of a 4wd touring car

That's hilarious. WOW!! I haven't laughed like that in a long time. Keep em comin guys!

(sorry for the sarcasm guys)

ithought you prefered the crown larger method or is this only when it is supplied by a friend

Well a Professor would know best but in my opinion, Crownies supplied by others go down twice as well.

A cheaper alternative could be a Maccas strawbery thick shake. This would have the advantage of already coming in a container suitable for the purpose.

The strawberry content of the thick shake is acidic and consequently aids the bedding in process of the brushes.

This is the best laughs I have had in ages am I right that some of us here aren't keen on 540's

Guys, please cmon now, don't let this thread go down the same path as the last 3000. All a guy wanted to know was how to run in a motor. What follows is a thread full of semi useless information etc. Idea, make a thread for that. I'm not meaning to upset anyone but seriously, i came onto this thread to find out some good info on motors, and once again it's 9/10ths full of useless rubbish.


tc3=speed, follow murphy's recipe mate, sounds like a winner, 3 ties over

I know tc3 quite well and he is a young racer trying to learn as much as he can and all he gets from u guys is jokes.This forum is going downhill at a very rapid rate.

Its good to see some humour from time to time but some people as the joker above take things a little to serious!!!
Must have something to do with being partly sponsored. Trying to keep his end up or something.

You have got to be kidding. The question had been answered several times over. If you can't have a laugh in this hobby I'm giving it up!

It's people like you who take this whole thing too seriously and end up driving people away from the hobby.

yea guys MM is right even if most of the bullshit comments are aimed at me it's just fun!

and as an oldnwise man told me last night THERE ONLY TOY CARS!!!!

Ok, seems a few may well have been offended but my comments. Well I guess at the end of the day i was only adding my 2 cents worth. But picture this, 12 out of 23 posts shouldn't even be there. But then again neither should my 2 posts if you wanna get tecchnical. But anyways guys, carry on don't let a so called "sponsored" person dull your day. While your all at it, you might as well go start a debate n chat in the for sale and wanted threads. Oops my bad you've already done that many times over.