Originally Posted by Officespace

Monty,

First let me tell you I just bought a new Nova 21-4C for racing next year, so I'm back in the Novarossi family.

Anyway, I'm hoping you may be able to help me. At a huge race last weekend, my GRP tuned .21 engine in my 8ight 2.0 buggy completely died on the 1st lap of the 1st qual. Both I and everyone else (including Ryan Maifield and his tech guy) thought it was the glow plug because it would run on the starter box with the plug ignitor on it, but then it would die once I took it off. I replaced the plug with a new one 3 different times (two P3's and tried a P4), but it kept dying once I took the ignitor off.(I'm in Florida, so the outside temp isn't an issue) The engine only has about 3 1/2 gallons through it, fuel pressure is perfect, it used to run very strong and has plenty of pinch left. Needless to say, I'm baffled.

I want to keep this as a back-up engine for next year, so if you have any idea or suggestions what could be causing this, I'd be extremely grateful!