02-21-2006, 09:58 PM
Apie Wrote:Well, my friend and I made the mistake of getting into this hobby about a month before christmas, so we don't even know how we will run in warm weather! Thanks for the advice, I guess I'll wait a bit longer.
If you broke your engines in when it was below 60F out, there's a high likelyhood that they won't tune/run for crap when the temps warm up outside. You might want to start saving for new "summer" engines.
When you run them in the winter, the sleeve doesn't get hot enough consistantly enough and it tends to wear out faster. It will work fine for a winter engine when the temps are low, but won't hold a tune and flame out in the summer because of the excess wear. I wouldn't toss it, but I'd suggest getting another to break-in and run during spring/summer for the spring/summer/fall months.