Yeah elastic bands work just fine.

They've saved me a couple runaways when I had rx problems.

Shrink tube at the end of the spring will cure that.

or using a button head screw instead of a set screw to hold the ball end on and run the spring on the backside of the carb. the spring is always straight this way, and a straight spring ensures a smooth pull.
edit looking at my carb now i cant remember how i used to do that.

That, and mounting the spring in a hole on the cooling head. (I'm using a regular pulling spring)
That's the way I do it, and I have yet to have a carb boot wear through.

Ok let me "rephrase"

that spring when installed to recommendations will rub through the carb boot

dam

Hair band is so much easier and is cheap.

Agreed!
I wasn't trying to lecture you, just give friendly advice.

Can anyone tell me if the new clutch and bell will work on a Losi buggy?

Yes... Pretty much any clutch will work correctly if you set it up right.... i.e. motor mount, collet, shims and so forth.

Hey what you guys take on the Adam Drake speacial 5off? New Novarossi motor wonder how different it is compared to a P5 , any pipe ideas?

Its a P5 "Clio" with a Mito/VirTus crank (14.5mm instead of the P5's 14mm) and 2 needle carb instead of the 3 needle and all blacked out! Lots of torque and will rev to about 40K RPM.

Pipe choice will depend on track size and what you need the motor to do, but I have been running an 53 and an 86 on my P5 with awesome results. Maybe a 2096 for a smoother power delivery.

Because the Drake engine has a centered carburator it will not have a Mito/Virtus crank.

OK.... so its a 14.5mm crank rather than a 14mmOr could be from the Bonito, which is also a 14.5mm....

Should have specified "SIZE!"

Anyone know why the racer10 code is not working on the novarossidirect website?

I know it doesn't work for stuff already on sale..