Hey everyone what’s up!
Been out driving alllll day had a blast. Anyways, I’m having a little bit of trouble with tuning. I have a Traxxas T-MAXX 3.3 with a LOSI 3.4 carburetor on it. The new carburetor makes the truck run unbelievably good so much better and it’s a direct drop in I’m glad I did it. With that being said, no matter what I do the engine seems to run hot. If I richen it up it starts bogging down and running pretty crappy with lower RPM and loss of power it will be around 250°. If I lean it out and get good performance like wheelies, 48 mph top speed passes etc, it runs hot, 300-330. Granted today it was 88 out and Hot, but, Even with the body off it shouldn’t run that hot. It idles great and doesn’t really stall out unless I land hard off of a jump or go from full throttle to break and then it occasionally shuts off so I’m pretty sure the low end is pretty good but I could be wrong.
Looking for advice because some places I see say the Traxxas 3.3 just runs that hot and I cannot get it to run at anything under 300 without it running bad. Some people say the temperature is way too high other say that those temps are normal for that engine, but seems too hot. Thank you in advance for any advice!
Been out driving alllll day had a blast. Anyways, I’m having a little bit of trouble with tuning. I have a Traxxas T-MAXX 3.3 with a LOSI 3.4 carburetor on it. The new carburetor makes the truck run unbelievably good so much better and it’s a direct drop in I’m glad I did it. With that being said, no matter what I do the engine seems to run hot. If I richen it up it starts bogging down and running pretty crappy with lower RPM and loss of power it will be around 250°. If I lean it out and get good performance like wheelies, 48 mph top speed passes etc, it runs hot, 300-330. Granted today it was 88 out and Hot, but, Even with the body off it shouldn’t run that hot. It idles great and doesn’t really stall out unless I land hard off of a jump or go from full throttle to break and then it occasionally shuts off so I’m pretty sure the low end is pretty good but I could be wrong.
Looking for advice because some places I see say the Traxxas 3.3 just runs that hot and I cannot get it to run at anything under 300 without it running bad. Some people say the temperature is way too high other say that those temps are normal for that engine, but seems too hot. Thank you in advance for any advice!
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