I have tried a variation of this. I have done three tanks on idle, keeping my operating temperature between 175F to 200F degrees, with occasionally letting it get up to 215F degrees before putting a fan on it to cool it down. After that, I run the next three tanks rolling the car slowly in a parking lot/driveway, checking the temps constantly. Once I finish those three tanks, I run the next two to three under quasi-race conditions, fine tuning it along the way. I tried this on my OS 12tz and it ran a 40 minute main and came off the track at the end at a cool 196F degrees with plenty of power (could have tweaked the settings a bit more for some extra power).

I've used Josh's break in process on my OS 18 CVR engine, and loved it. I was able to break in the truck much faster than the usual "idle for a few tanks, blah blah blah" method. Also, after the break in, the engine just flat out rips now. I finished the break in process that Josh outlines in about 3-4 hours, that's including breaks for cool down. Its an awesome method and my CVR has been bulletproof.

For my Mugen X12 engine, I've used a different method before I even read Josh's article. What I have done in the past at my local track, is run it up to 2/3 throttle in short 3-4 second bursts for the first 4 tanks, and then lean out with each subsequent tank, up to 7 tanks. Then I would start doing full throttle pulls, each about 3-4 seconds, up to the 10th tank. From there I would feel the engine is fully broken in, and just tune for high performance on the 11th tank and so forth. With this method, I have 2 gallons thru my Mugen X12, and its a beast. Even to this day, I beat OS 12 TZ 5 ports on our back straight (150 ft straightaway). The power range of this engine is unbelievable. And the engine STILL holds a tune each day.

I will be using Josh's method when breaking in my new OS 12 TZ 5 port engine (which needs a Mugen MTX4 by the way :D :D ), as well as any new engines I purchase. Its a great break in method and just flat out works.

To Mr snowboardgeek1 & JLock,

Tnx for the feedback. . . :D :D :D

No problem, dude. There are many ways to break in a motor, but the way Josh does it, give or take a variation or two, is one of the better one out there.

Let me tell you, those TZ's aren't tuned properly. ;)

I used my T5 last weekend for the first time ever... stripped all the teeth off first gear twice ( I thought it was the mesh first time) , stripped all teeth off second gear once, took teeth off both the rear belt and side belt..

I have never driven anything with so much HP.....nothing came close down the back straight...NS3's, RB V12, JP etc...

tuning the tz
 

hey guys im having some problems tuning the 3 port tz .12
it seams to run fine and quick around 100-115 degrees celcius

what temperature are you guys running at ?

and how long is a tank of fuel lasting ? just wanting to compare my engine setup to some others

thank you
John

I usually run with temperature around 115C - 130C, OS engines always run a bit warmer then NovaRossi 130C is still OK
5 minutes and 40 seconds my tank

TZ RUNTIME
 

MY TZ HAS ABOUT 20 TANKS THROUGH IT REALLY CAME TO LIFE AFTER TANK 14 GETTING 6 MINUTES AT 230-250. RUNNIG WITH ALL TYPE OF MODIFIED NOVAS,RB'S,AND THE FAMOUS BREAK A CRANK OR ROD DUO MEGAS AND SIRIOS. ALL I SAY AT THE STRAIGHTAWAY IS SEEEYA!THIS F__KING MOTOR IS BADASS ALSO SAME PLUG SINCE TANK 7 IDLES LIKE A DREAM. :sweat:

Good..... :sneaky:

I just ordered mine and hopefully it will arrive this friday.
It is the fisrt TZR in my city where everyone is runnig mod JP´s, Sirios and Megas.

Let´s see what this little japanese is able to do!!

Just got through running another race weekend on my newly broken-in OS 12tz in my Mugen MTX-3. At my local club track, the temperature never went above 200F degrees and I had more than enough power to catch one guy that was running a Novarossi NS-5. This was at my local club track that is 100 x 120 with a lot of twists and turn (set up more for electric cars than nitro cars). Most of the days runs, the engines temps stayed between 160F to 190F degrees. I will be getting another one for my Tamiya TG10-mk.2 very soon. It is one bad a** motor for sure.

hey guys im just in the middle of running in a brand spankin ZAC project OS TZ 3P. gettin it ready for a big race this weekend, will report how it goes.

zac tz
 

hey todd take some pics of the internals

MODIFYING TZ
 

HEY ANYONE SEEN A MODED TZ RUN YET ?

ill be racing saturday againts team-rtr ill compare my standard tz to his zac tz
i had a drag race with a max power modified on saturday and was pretty close me being in front, same car kyosho rrr and same gearing

I HAVE 3 MODED NOVA ROSSIS THAT I DID 2 MYSELF THEY ARE SICK! MY TZ CAN ALMOST HANG WITH THEM IF I WORK THE CRANK AND SLEEVE MOTOR SHOULD BE INSANE!