Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 7180587)

I am down !

except I wont bring a $177.00 budget engine, I will crack out the modified C6's ! then we can talk .... :) .... I got faster engines, but they wont make that kind of runtime....The C6 however will !

Originally Posted by Frank L (Post 7179728)

Get it modded and talk to the modder and tell him what you want it to do. Mark at powerhouse always takes the time to talk tk me on the phone and answer any questions so he can dial the engine in to my liking. I am sure Brian will do the same. You will be happy in the end with a modded engine. They are showing up more and more at my
local tracks. Guys try to hide them but you can tell the modded from stock.

Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 7179748)

It doesn't matter where he goes, he's still going to get chewed up by the Clockwork engines at his track !!!!! LOL J/K :D

Originally Posted by hobbyADD (Post 7178665)

Finally got my truck running and WOW this thing is COOOL! But boy is it a lot of trouble. I 'm new to rc so I bought the rtr. shock ends stripped, pipe mount & screw missing, all camber links different lengths, servo saver way too tight, and on the starter box motor, the wiring connection was broke out of the box. But after i called horizon, they are sending me those parts. Overall happy with customer support, no ?'s asked just sending me new parts.

But this whole carburator thing is killing me!! the operations manual says that the starting point for the losi 454 H/S and L/S needles is 2 1/2 turns out. but when i set the low speed at that setting and start it, it wants to rev way up. so i fatten I up due to not very much smoke. i'm sure its just new guy frustration:weird::confused::weird: but I haven't been to my local track to talk to anyone yet. Any of you guys race @ pleasant hill, MO?

Any thoughts? thanks Dave

Ps to make this post longer, I was on my fourth tank of fuel last night and my truck just stopped and Idled till it died. I think I smoked My throttle servo:flaming::flaming: I am still reading this thread and know that this is an known issue but come on, i dropped almost a grand and haven't even jumped it yet.:flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming: Do I call Horizon or bit the bullet and buy a different one?

Originally Posted by hobbyADD (Post 7178665)

Finally got my truck running and WOW this thing is COOOL! But boy is it a lot of trouble. I 'm new to rc so I bought the rtr. shock ends stripped, pipe mount & screw missing, all camber links different lengths, servo saver way too tight, and on the starter box motor, the wiring connection was broke out of the box. But after i called horizon, they are sending me those parts. Overall happy with customer support, no ?'s asked just sending me new parts.

But this whole carburator thing is killing me!! the operations manual says that the starting point for the losi 454 H/S and L/S needles is 2 1/2 turns out. but when i set the low speed at that setting and start it, it wants to rev way up. so i fatten I up due to not very much smoke. i'm sure its just new guy frustration:weird::confused::weird: but I haven't been to my local track to talk to anyone yet. Any of you guys race @ pleasant hill, MO?

Any thoughts? thanks Dave

Ps to make this post longer, I was on my fourth tank of fuel last night and my truck just stopped and Idled till it died. I think I smoked My throttle servo:flaming::flaming: I am still reading this thread and know that this is an known issue but come on, i dropped almost a grand and haven't even jumped it yet.:flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming: Do I call Horizon or bit the bullet and buy a different one?

Originally Posted by Frank L (Post 7181946)

RTR's are sometimes more trouble than they are worth because you end up replacing stuff anyway. Do yourself a favor and get yourself a couple of good servos. They dont have to be the high dollor 200 buck ones just a good hitec will do fine. something with at least 200 oz of torque for the steering and 130 for the throttle.

Engine tuning can be very frustrating. The best thing to do is take it to your local track and ask for help. It took me 2 years to learn and some days I am still off. I can tune other peoples engines but I am never satisfied with mine. Patience and time is what it takes. Read the tuning bible at the top of this thread it will help alot.

Originally Posted by losi_racer (Post 7180992)

lol neal, i am tempted to get ur JL one of these days, i want run time tho, im waiting for vareck to get his back,idk if he has or not havent raced for like a month, if u fixed the runtime ill get it, i drove james jl on the side at nitro challenge and it was really smooth

Originally Posted by Xrayfan (Post 7182217)

Yes Mr. i sleep with my losi