Houston, you had some great advice on my plus28-7 with temp. Just curious, I broke it in with Byron's 20% because that's what I had. I'm gonna be running werks 30%. Do I need to shim the head for the added nitro and if so where can I get shims. Thanks.

Great race day with my Huston tuned fusion x3. Finally got a good race tune on her, 10 min motor for sure, even got to pull an alpha down the straight, the next corner was a different story
great motors and great behind the wrench. thanks Monty.

Might have to think about getting a lightning!

AWESOME Jason!! hope you love it for a long time brotha

the lightning is actually like a whole nother engine , for the better

on that engine you are just fine to run the shimming that comes stock for 30% , you should probably run a c6tgc though

what plug are you running at the moment?

as i have two engines i could use two .20 and one .30 to acheive the same resault would this be rite just dont wont to ruin an engine thanks for the advise

yes, I broke it in with that plug (c6tgc). I also have a c7tgc plug, i suppose that's what I'll have to use once the weather starts living in the 90's and above right? also I noticed that with the plug out i can turn the flywheel all the way around. it gets a little snug at TDC, but i can roll it with my thumb. normal? can you explain what "drops its nuts" means exactly. does it mean that there's no pinch at TDC?

side note-it's mounted on an 8ight t 2.0 with stock exhaust. I'm thinking it needs an 086 pipe? I'm also not sure on the manifold. novarossi recommends nvr41019(short offroad) 41020(long smooth flow offroad) and 41021(short smooth flow offroad). I think my stock one is like the 41020. any suggestions?(other exhaust combo's?) probably a track specific thing but fastlane isn't done building the new track yet, so i don't know what it's going to look like.This will be my first attempt at racing, but i don't want to be slow. thanks

you got it brotha

do you feel that its "slow" now?

no, its awesome, but i don't have anything to compare it to. I know that most guys racing know waaaay more than I do. I've been crash coursing as many threads as i can absorb for the last couple of weeks to offset some of my experience. wow lots of theories!! I know reading doesn't teach nearly as well as experience, but a parking lot isn't as good a teacher as a racetrack either. I want to get as much as i can out of a stock engine, but mainly I just don't want to grenade another one.

Honestly bro , your best bet would be to go to a nitro 8th scale offroad race , hang out lay low , race in the beginner class if the facility has one otherwise just race whatever , dont expect much , watch all the experienced guys , not necessarily "the fast guys" but the guys who are just regular racers who u can tell have their sh!t together , dont be a nuisance but dont be afraid to ask for a little guidance

It will help you immensely

hopefully they will have a beginner class when the track is finished. theres not another 8th scale track within 75 miles(at least) from me. KC isnt an RC hotspot I guess. Hobbytown and the other local hobby shop don't even stock 8th scale parts. Thanks for the advice, it is appreciated.
best regards.

Huston,
Ive been reading a the Nova threads, but im too lazy and they are too big to read. I have only used OS based engines and never crossed to the Nova side before. I think its time to make a change and purchase a nova engine from you. Most tracks I run on are medium size apart from one small track I race on which is small and at altitude, its always hard to tune an engine there. From what I read it appears the P5XLT is the pick from some opinions. I am a lttle heavy on the trigger and run the "When in doubt, gas it out" attitude Ha Ha. Can you shed a little light on what pipe engine combo I should run. I love grunt and run %25 nitro.
Thanks

The XLT is a good choice,

It's what I run and while I'm no Monty, I'll give you what I got from him and I'm sure he'll correct my info if it's not right.

Pipes:
9853
2084
2096 (I'm pretty sure this is the one he'll pick)

Headers:
the 021 for all unless you run a Mugen

Plugs:
5ctg or 6ctg (I think Monty usually suggests the 5ctg)

Break it in right and it'll be a solid mill, even in stock form. Or just have Monty do the break in for ya. Get a HES tuned one and it's just better all around.

At elevation (just about 5000' for me) I'll run the 8mm restrictor and haven't had any issues yet. Tunes in just fine and still makes good power/runtime.

Yep go with the hot #5 plug for elevation- it's all we run here at mile-high. Is it for a buggy or truggy?

Mr Monty I need your leet expertise again! I finally had some time this weekend to finsh breaking in my beastly engine. Well, I should say attempt. I'm preheating my engine to about 190 with a heat gun. I've got a old sock covering the head to keep heat in. I'm using a dual 775 motor dynamite starter(4s lipo) box. For some strange reason it doesn't want to turn the engine over. Basically the rubber is just burning off the starter wheel. I've noticed the flywheel gets "stuck". I'm assuming the piston being so tight is fully up on the sleeve.?.?I've moved the flywheel so the piston is bdc. I'm wondering if I should get a different starter box? Kinda lost here....

Thanks Nick