farm boy 530
RCTalk Racer
Today, for the first time, I took my Forza to a very large empty parking lot. Good asphalt and about 75+ x 35+ yards in size. I have only bashed in dirt and I always seem to roll and break something or something I hadn't seen before rattles loose. So I was excited to open it up truly for the first time! Also I run rich because i haven't got a temp gun yet for tuning. Today after the first tank I leaned out both needles by about 1/8 to 1/4 turn. First 2 tanks ran great and I got to learn a lot about my car at high speeds (in this space I was barley able to get into 2nd gear). I let it cool down a bit before the 3rd tank and she started up fine. I started doing some high speed passes and on the 2nd one as soon as the car hit 2nd she died... Started right up and died again when she hit 2nd. Looking over the car I realized I blew the exhaust manifold gasket. Was this cause I leaned it out a bit form factory and got to hot? My main question is can I use copper rtv (I used it to seal my engine) or do I need to replace the gasket? Had a tun of fun today breaking it though!