ScottyNitro17
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Hi I'm fairly new to the whole Nitro stuff so this might be a little confusing on my part to explain :
For Christmas my Fiance got me a Custom Built Nitro RC Monster Truck from TRAXXAS, It was fully broken in and tuned to run rich but I've been told by the guy who built it that I need to tune my Picco .21 engine but If I'm honest I'm terrified of going near that Engine for risk of destroying it (As buying a new engine then having to Install it will be far worse than having to tune it) But I know that It does need to be tuned since 1.As far as I'm aware it drains less fuel and will reduce my fuel waste , 2.It doesn't Idle well, It will last about 2-4 seconds when cold and even at 100.c+ it idles for 4-7 before cutting out , So what I really need help with is how to tune my engine correctly without damaging it, whats the temp limit, how do I keep that engine singing away without stalling and If there is anything else I should know about it ? I'll leave some pictures of it below if it helps :
For Christmas my Fiance got me a Custom Built Nitro RC Monster Truck from TRAXXAS, It was fully broken in and tuned to run rich but I've been told by the guy who built it that I need to tune my Picco .21 engine but If I'm honest I'm terrified of going near that Engine for risk of destroying it (As buying a new engine then having to Install it will be far worse than having to tune it) But I know that It does need to be tuned since 1.As far as I'm aware it drains less fuel and will reduce my fuel waste , 2.It doesn't Idle well, It will last about 2-4 seconds when cold and even at 100.c+ it idles for 4-7 before cutting out , So what I really need help with is how to tune my engine correctly without damaging it, whats the temp limit, how do I keep that engine singing away without stalling and If there is anything else I should know about it ? I'll leave some pictures of it below if it helps :