Cant drive

http://www.serpentamerica.com/shop/product.php?productid=7513&cat=0&page=1

1/8 IC Fan

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So who has one?

jpas

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I have one arriving today. I ordered it from Absolute Hobbyz

I'll let you now how it runs early next week.

brokenmoto

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I called desoto, they had me sold on one, asked for a discount sense you could get one at Absolute for 45 less, dude was cool, yeah got a 20% off coupon. Go to use it, naaa. What a kick in the balls. Only thing it would have worked on was a Nova. So it was late friday Fl time when I called and were closed when I actually tried to use coupon. Hoping that L5 Triton that looks like the V1 model works well. Why wouldn't you just take my order on the phone, I did call the sales line?

1/8 IC Fan

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Its Desotothats the reason...

but the Triton should be ace, i have an L4 and am actually enjoying it a lot.

Arctic RC

Just ordered 2 engines with 2133 pipe🤗
I think these engines looks promising and hopefully even better than my Reds!

1/8 IC Fan

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Let us knownhow you like them. I am sure the DLC crank will end up in a REDS soon enough.

Arctic RC

I will for sure.
What is the best method of run in for these engines?

1/8 IC Fan

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Tech Tips

Id just follow Picco's suggested method.

Nitro5270

Did you set the throttle valve this way?

I set the slide to the venturi.

Am i wrong?

Nitro5270

Funny, Picco need only 5 sentences to explain breakin.

1/8 IC Fan

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Best bet is play it safe, but never break in under "no load conditions" . I keep 6 spare plugs handy during break in and run through 5 tanks before i put it on the track. read through the breakin thread we have here.

jpas

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I finally got a chance to break this engine in. It was ridiculously easy to tune and idled perfectly out the box. Seems to have great power, but I'm still breaking it in. I'll make it to the track on Thursday and see how it performs.

Arctic RC

Did you do the break in according to the manual? If not, what method did you use?

jpas

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Its cold up here in Michigan, so I heat the head up with a heat gun. For the first 3 tanks I run it as rich as possible while still being able to run from idle to full throttle. At full, the RPM is low and lots of oil is coming out of the pipe, but still runs without stalling.

After three tanks I start to lean it in very slowly. By the fifth or sixth tank it is trackable but still on the rich side. It general takes around 500ml of fuel to break it in. Picco's are definitely looser then nova's and break in quicker.