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Old 08-19-2012 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Uwiikz
At first I thought this is the case, then I tried leaning it out 1/16 - 1/8 each turn, and as I mentioned before, the engine would not fire up at all if it's not on dead spot on factory which is 5 turn out LSN, with 5 turn out LSN the engine fire up easily but dies the millisecond I removed the glowplug heater...
I went through 3 new plugs thinking it might be the plug, waited an hour to charge up my plug heater too.... Then after I tried WOT up to 302F with plug heater attached (WOT with heater removed also kills the engine), cooled the engine down, heat the engine up, then that's it, problem gone, switched back to the very first plug, worked, so it definitely wasn't the plug..... Now I can start the engine with a single bump with any setting, rich or lean and now I can comfortably start the actual break in process keeping it at 200F with visible smoke trail, idle well normal or upsidedown and very very accepting to tweaks...

Well the actual problem is fixed now and I can see based on what I observed right now that this engine will be better than OS, but I cannot still understand why my engine behaved like it used to be before my crazy WOT attempt?

As for my statement about bad manufacturing tolerances, pardon me Novarossi fans (not directed to you Houston, you were the only one who gave useful response, for that I thank you), but how do you explain the 3001 shim that I purchased wouldn't fit on the head? I tried heating up the shim with cloth iron set on high tried heat gun too but still it wouldn't fit, wasted 3 shims trying it and finally dremelled the last one to fit. How is that not a bad manufacturing tolerance? It was only simple shims... If Novarossi could not make a properly fitting shim, how do I know they don't make wrong tolerance on my engine too? Did I bought a wrong shim size? I don't think so, the part number matches the manual exactly, I bought the whole thing from authorized dealer, sealed with Novarossi seal and the shim was smaller by point of a millimeter....

Don't get me wrong, I do not want to trash Novarossi and I don't think I am trashing it that bad when I blew up my steam on previous posts The whole reason for me to buy a Novarossi was what I saw on the track, it sounds, look and perform so much more aggressive than OS definitely, and if I don't like it, I won't be spending my hard earned money on it. But what I experienced was definitely not good.....I heard many horror stories locally about nova engines, yet I still bought it despite the price and the stories, I was thinking if I can tune Webra (had worse hell on this brand but solved it eventually) and OS 4 stroke on heli and plane, I MUST be able to tune Novarossi too...Yes I am a happy camper now after my WOT attempt, but I know it shouldn't be like that...Peace....
All you probably did was loosen the motor up a little with the WOT and that made it easier to idle and run smoother but it only hurt the life because you need to slowly run-in the combustion seal between the piston and sleeve. Novarossi engine have a VERY tight fit when new and can be tough the first couple tanks to get it idiling but I always lean 1/2 turn or more on both needles before first start because factory settings are super rich since they have no idea what fuel, plug, pipe, etc. you are going to use so it is set so it will be rich enough for whatever setup you choose. I have friends who run OS and they are fast and good motors but they buy two motors a year and I buy one Novarossi and it only gets better up to the 7-8 gallon if broke-in right and tuned properly. If you can't get a new Nova to idle or stay running it's too rich 99% of the time so lean it out a hour or two until it holds a decent idle on the box for 3-5 minutes then let it cool refuel and start heat cycle leaning very little as it loosens up follow the break-in bible. Novarossi makes the best motors in the business just ask all the pro champs and sportsman like me who run them! IMO bearings are one of the most important parts of the engine and usually determine the life span of a engine and Novarossi bearings have no equal. Try a 77t odonnell plug if it's real humid might help also. Your not going to much help bashing Nova around here either! Good Luck!
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