The manual will be under the truck..You can go online at TeamAssociated.com to read the online version now...

http://www.teamassociated.com/manuals/MGT8.0/

The 8.0 is a powerful truck and the trans has mostly metal internal trans gears which makes it a very tough truck...The .50 engines however dont last too long if you lean it out too much to get max revs and by full throttling it all the time plus theyre pretty hard to break it in the right way in order to get more than 1-2 gallons through it...I broke mine on and ran it on 20% Trinity Monster brew..Buy in gallons to save money....The cost of 2 qts is the same as buying 1 gallon so it makes sense...Buy a few extra glowplugs too..

To do the break-in on my engine which lasted 4 gallons before the piston skirt cracked wiping out the mill;- I pre-oiled my engine with CRC engine fogging oil through both the carb inlet and the glowplug hole...

With the glowplug removed still I rotated the engine 3-4 full revolutions and re-installed plug with piston at bdc...I stuck my truck on a craftsman toolbox with wheels able to roll freely and ran it at idle pig rich for 2 full tankfuls of nitro before using any throttle whatsoever..

I let it fully cool with the piston at bdc between tankfuls...On the third tankful I never went past 1/4 throttle..The fourth tankful I never went past 1/2 throttle and the fifth and sixth tankful I only went up to 3/4 throttle with a couple full throttle blips at tank #6...

For lucky number 7 I stuck in a new glowplug ,tuned it a bit leaner and gave it a bunch of full throttle blasters aswell as a few hill climbs...

I know what the manual says as far as break-in but if you listen to it youll be like the rest that only got 1-2 gallons out of it....sometimes not even

The truck has tons of torquey lowish rpm power so treat it as such.The screamers are its little brothers like the Mini MGT 3.0/ MGT 4.6.

I would get 12 Energizer 2450mah rechaergeable batteries with wall recharger to maximize the fun and take it easy on the funds...Double cycle the batteries at charge-up to maximize battery life because the charger only delivers 900mah output..Home Depot has the best deal..

Use a 2000-2500 mah battery for maximum starter life aswell as good cranking power..I double cycle my batteries when using the traxxas automatic or non-peak cheapo automatic charger.Let the battery totally cool between cycles too.........Good Luck with it.