Well going from the 099 to the 077 made all of the difference, it ran great for the heats and main. Finished second though, my own newbie mistakes as it was my fourth race.

Anyway I am just waiting for the balls to drop, it has a gallon now and every time it has been started it was pre heated. The movement of the piston when the plug is out is about smooth now so I am hoping that within the next 1/4 gallon it will finish breakng in. It does not have the scream up top yet, still just a bit ragged and I know that as soon as it breaks fully it will smooth out up top and I will be able to lean it out.

Still running 225-230 right now and it is running very well for not being broken in.

Monty, I just read Ron Paris' article that you stickied and I have a question. He recommends running the Nova's at 230-270 which is hotter then you have recommended. So far I have followed everything that you have said to do as you obviously have a lot of experience with these engines, but you also stickied his article and you obviously hold Ron Paris in high reguard. Do you agree with his heat range? I try to run 230, should we be aiming for 240-250 or is this data perhapse a bit outdated in that reguard. I do need to tune the engine as he says on the bottom, I think that I might be a bit rich down low as my idle does slow down just a bit, not much but it does. I also need to pay attention to how muchsmoke I am putting out accelerating out of a corner. Thanks again for your time, I ask you as you obviously have more experience with these Novarossi's then most.