07-17-2007, 01:59 AM
cr4sh_27 Wrote:sounds like a plan....
the sway bars on this thing are funky. i dont know how to explain, but they are 2-piece sway bars..if that makes sense. some1 told me to try running os 5 plugs in it to drop the temp but then chip told me that would not help. so i dont know.
on the tires, it was like 60 degrees out and i was only letting it sit for like ten mins....soon as i take off the car spins cuz tires are still wet....compound wouldnt get tacky.
Compound needs more time, and before you run you NEED to wipe them off. I a situation like that with colder temps tire warmers are a must. The hotter the tire the more soak you get. at like 75 degrees you need atleast 15 minute soak time, and compound will only go so far. a 5 plug maybe to cold but getting a colder plug would be the key here for cooler combustion temps, you can keep the engine 220 or 230 all day but the combustion temps could be sky rocketing. Reason being is that a hotter plug will ignite the power stoke sooner then a colder plug and I know you understand ignition timing. the more you advance to hrder it is on the engine and the hotter it will get. Also can cause premature engine failure. Can't hear these nitro engines detonating (ignition knock). I'm willing to bet its the plug and fuel combo. 30 I high, I personally like 20 myself. Not as hard on the engine, you remember 50 mph with my savage on 20 percent. (well 48). No change when I switched to 30. Now my engine won't run right. Can't hold a tune, leaking air some where.