Originally Posted by
jwm2
I'm using 2 greens and 2 gold clutch springs on the losi 8 buggy and truggy. Seems to do really well. I run 2 composite shoes and 2 aluminum. I just checked the shoes on the 3 port and they are almost worn. I only have about 15 tanks on them and they are already looking beat up :/ Oh well, i have more shoes coming. I may invest in some high endurance shoes at some point. The 7 port has about 10 tanks through her now. I just couldn't hold off on the tuning. Running for 70+ minutes at 1/4-1/2 throttle was brutal. If i continue to use go engines in the future i'll probably invest in a break in bench. At least then i can set it and forget it for the first half dozen tanks. But running around in circles in your yard is just wrong
Yeah, I know what you mean. Going round and round in figure eights is a little boring, but worth it in the long run. It's just one of those things I guess. If you want a long lasting and great performing motor you gotta do the hard yards at the start - bummer
The break in bench sounds like a plan. I have never used one, but they sound good. I know some people swear by them. I have sort of got used to the foiled head heat cycle method. It has worked so well on these motors for me and my customers that I don't really want to go with any other method. Maybe one day. Not very adventurous eh
