When you 1st get your brand new nitro car, with all its shiny bits and awesome looking engine. Its no wonder you want to get it straight out the box and thrash it down the street. Unfortunately you need to hold back on your excitement just a little (1st 3 tanks at least) because you engine needs to be run-in properly before use.
Its important to run your engine in because a brand new engine has fine metal shavings and splinters which are caused in the manufacture process. When you run the engine in it shaves all these little bits down and lubricates you engine properly. It you don’t run your engine in you can considerably shorten its life-span or seize it up.
Running your engine in is allot easier than you may think. The best way to do it is to place your car on a brick and fill the tank and let it run on tick over do this for a further 2 more tanks. After you have run 3 tanks on tick over on a brick, for tanks 4/5 drive the car slowly in a figure of 8 motion. For tanks 6/7 you can give it a little more throttle as you learn to control how the car handles. After this you are free to give it the beans!
This does not just apply to rc cars but all rc engines the principal of running it in will acquire to all nitro engines.
I do warn you – nitro cars are incredibly fast and should not be mistaken for toys!
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