1LikesTLR TEN-SCT Nitro 4WD RTR
04-20-2013, 09:14 AM
#168
Mine got delayed until monday cause of all the flooding around here. I am eagerly waiting.
I will share a couple thoughts to try and avoid ross problems. I do plan on trying to use a heat gun to pre heat the motor on the initial few tanks for brake in. I also plan on trying to have the motor at BTC(bottom dead center) when using the ross. I believe doing these couple things will help from gear stripping.
On my 8ight T with an o.s. 28, if I do not preheat the motor and try to start it cold, it will snap the belt on my 2.0 starter box. It happened twice during break in. Both motor have a lot of pinch up top when new. IMO it's no wonder why the plastic gears strip in the ross system.
I did order the 8ight fuel tank/stand, as well as the 3 shoe clutch as well based on previous posts.
I will share a couple thoughts to try and avoid ross problems. I do plan on trying to use a heat gun to pre heat the motor on the initial few tanks for brake in. I also plan on trying to have the motor at BTC(bottom dead center) when using the ross. I believe doing these couple things will help from gear stripping.
On my 8ight T with an o.s. 28, if I do not preheat the motor and try to start it cold, it will snap the belt on my 2.0 starter box. It happened twice during break in. Both motor have a lot of pinch up top when new. IMO it's no wonder why the plastic gears strip in the ross system.
I did order the 8ight fuel tank/stand, as well as the 3 shoe clutch as well based on previous posts.
Since there's a one-way bearing utilized with typical starting systems (pull start, spin start, and of ourselves the R.O.S.S.), finding BBC is difficult as if you pass it up, you will find ourself rotating the piston completely around a few revolutions anyway - sort of defeats the point.
Based on my experiences earlier this week, there wasn't much "pinch" before we attempted the initial phases with the ROSS system. With my AE/Reedy .21 engines, I am we'll aware of what pinch is suppose to feel like. Take it for what that means.
If you go the preheat route, you may want to consider removing the integrated black plastic heat sink protector that fits nicely on top of the heat sink. It's simply plastic I suspect it'd melt easily if hit with the direct heat from a heat gun. I know it is apparently designed to withstand the heat of operating temps... It's just a thought. Certainly replace it once all the preheating processes are completed.
04-21-2013, 02:49 AM
#172
What glow plug is in this engine. To lean and burned one up. Not every standard plug works with the car igniter plug.
Other than that this thing is insane. It handles awesome and hauls big time. Was a tough nightwith both cars. 2 new cars in the same night was a huge mistake.
Other than that this thing is insane. It handles awesome and hauls big time. Was a tough nightwith both cars. 2 new cars in the same night was a huge mistake.
04-21-2013, 05:32 AM
#173
What glow plug is in this engine. To lean and burned one up. Not every standard plug works with the car igniter plug.
Other than that this thing is insane. It handles awesome and hauls big time. Was a tough nightwith both cars. 2 new cars in the same night was a huge mistake.
Other than that this thing is insane. It handles awesome and hauls big time. Was a tough nightwith both cars. 2 new cars in the same night was a huge mistake.
We blew one on GaMaWesKat's yesterday. I honestly don't think we ever hit a "Too Lean" condition and was actually surprised it blew at the time it did. Maybe a medium plug would be better as the element is a bit thicker, I think. Under inspection, the element was still shiny not white chalky at all. Simply looked like the middle section of the element was missing - so, not sure what caused that. Maybe he can post a photo of that along with the part number.
We too noticed the top of the plug must be small enough to allow the ROSS blue ignighter harness to fit over the top. Fortunately, we had a glow ignighter with us which worked quite well with the starter box. Without alignment pegs, I got pretty good with placement and tuned to a point where one quick bump and walla!
I suspect quick work with a dremmel (protecting the threads and element from filings of course) would give you some decent spares if you needed spares more readily available from your LHS.
Anyone else notice the lower/front brake linkage at the bearing pivot point arm rubbing on the top of the RX box? To me, I'd say maybe a few spacers under the pivot arm are needed. On my AE RC8.2 (sorry) , both Front and Rear brake arms are located on top of the arm. Thoughts?
I agree, these things kick butt when tuned. We were running pretty good paces and when the throttle was punched, it took off even faster with no hesitation.
04-21-2013, 01:55 PM
#174
Tech Rookie
I was running my t in the park today. After it stopped I pulled to start it. The pull start looked like it melted and snapped off. Anybody know why this would happen? I just bought the new pull yesterday. Kinda sucks 24 bucks down the drain.
04-21-2013, 01:57 PM
#175
What glow plug is in this engine. To lean and burned one up. Not every standard plug works with the car igniter plug.
Other than that this thing is insane. It handles awesome and hauls big time. Was a tough nightwith both cars. 2 new cars in the same night was a huge mistake.
Other than that this thing is insane. It handles awesome and hauls big time. Was a tough nightwith both cars. 2 new cars in the same night was a huge mistake.
I got it from searching this thread
http://forum.losi.com/showthread.php?t=1817&page=1
04-21-2013, 01:59 PM
#176
Tech Rookie
I'm thinking of going with a bump start next. Tries the Ross, pull hopefully bump will be better. Any recommendations on one.
04-21-2013, 03:25 PM
#178
Tech Rookie
I'm not sure, I don't have a temp reader. But the string melted and came off. I'm gonna link into that box. Ty
04-21-2013, 03:42 PM
#179
Tech Rookie
Here is the pull string that melted and snapped.
Would this box work tlr99059 Ty.
Would this box work tlr99059 Ty.
04-21-2013, 04:37 PM
#180
The TLR 99059 looks promising and pretty sweet.
Team Losi Racing 8IGHT/8IGHT-T 2.0 Starter Box [TLR99059]
This ofna model looks a bit more compact and would help save money - OFNA 1/8 And 1/10 Off Road Starter Box [OFN10245] <--Click here!
