Thanks for your advice Aaron, I apreciate it.
Sounds like a pretty detailed procedure to fire it up..haha. Try using a hair dryer to heat up the case and head before starting the engine. It'll help when it comes to turning the engine over.
Pre-heating with a dryer works a treat and I did it for the first running in tanks. Unfortunately our track is in a farmers field so there is no electricity. I guess I could get a butane burner or something but I wouldn't feel comfortable messing wrong with a naked flame in the middle of an expensive buggy!
Also, you can simply place your finger over the stinger and turn the engine over on the starter box to pump fuel into the engine instead of manually blowing into the tank.
I can do that when it is warm but when cold it will turn over between 1 and 10 times before the piston sticks at TDC. So I like to have fuel in there ready for it to fire which hopefully means less hassle.
I guess I'll find out tonight, we have a 1/8th race today.