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Its Arrived My First Proper Nitro CarWow this is 10 times better than I ever Expected What a Bargain even got 2 KO PROPO Fet Servos installed a reciver and a proper reciver pack .........
Thank God there is a front diff included as well as I was a bit worried about trying to drive it with the spool up front it has installed at the moment ..
If this Car has been run more than 5 times i would be very surprised there is only a few marks on the chassie
Ill post Pics as soon as I have given it a clean up , off to the garage now to remove the reciver pack and see if it will take a charge ...............
Pics to follow .................. 
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Reciver Pack has taken a charge 
Steering Servo not good has a mind of its own ( ill come out and have one of my Spare KO ones in its place )
Engine has good compression ( can't start it until my glow plug heater arrives )
The Shell is Brand new one of the pre painted ones ( Nice )
Build Quality is as good as X-Ray if you ask me
& this RD Turbo 2 Tuned Pipe is well CooooooL & the Engine is a Turbo too
Wow can't stop cleaning and trying to work out how to take it apart to change the front Spool to the Diff so many parts to take off & when you havn't built it from scratch its always a worry
Only Thing I need is some sort of Box to put the reciver in ........
Oh and My New Engine from my Lovely Wife for Xmas as I bought the car she said she would get me the Engine ( Just in case as this one is 2 Years old ) and by the markings on the wheels its been Raced at a high level with all the setup info in the box as well it was a top racer I would guess )
Pics to follow ...........
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Just found some paper work in the box which could be worrying !!!!!! Info on setting up the K-Factory UFO Racing Clutch ( looks like ill have to take this apart to see if its installed )
And a lot of info on getting the most out of Overdrive ( and there was a lot of cogs and spare pullys in the box aswell looks like ill be counting teeth before she hits the track aswell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sounds as though you're having fun!
Make sure you bring everything down to club on Friday night, we can have a look at it and maybe even start it to see how it sounds - can't race it round which is a shame.
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Christmas seems to have come early in the Bailey house.....
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Got my New air filter today , Damm it doesn't fit , It has a very small bore to the rubber tube which goes over the Carb Mine has a very large bore Carb .Just noticed on the Demon site the other air filter is for the .12 Wide mouth ......... I orded the 1/10th air filter
Damm thought it would be easy to line up the starter box to the car took over 30mins 
Good news though the Glow starter is on charge in the Garage so give it an hour and I am going to try to start the beast
Still Looks Cool sitting there
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THERE IS LIFE AND SHE SOUNDS VERY VERY GOOD ,Started first tune on the starter box Cooooolllllll .. nice sound clutch works as wheels turn at high speed although I would have thought they should start to turn sooner ????????
Only thing is as soon as you pull the brakes on the engine cuts out ???? is this a Radio setup issue or a linkage issue or somthing else
AnyWay all going in the right direction for its first outing on the 14th Dec as long as its dry as the only thing the car did not come with is some sort of box for the reciver to go into ..........................
Next Job mounting the shell ....................
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| admin wrote: | | Only thing is as soon as you pull the brakes on the engine cuts out ???? is this a Radio setup issue or a linkage issue or somthing else |
Most likely your idle screw on the carb needs adjusting.
As for the clutch,either too much preload on the central spring(Needs loads of revs for the clutch shoes to move outwards) or too much end play on the bell(oo er missus)(Clutch shoes having to move a long way out to reach the bell housing).
Paul.
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Well there is not to much more to say apart from WOW ITS VERY FAST to fast if I was to tell the truth
Engine needs to be tuned by someone who knows what they are doing , I have tried but its not right some times when its been run the tickover is far to high the next time after I have stopped it then tried it again its slow again ??? I don't know BUT I have tried
Had to give up on my tuning as I could not see a lot in the garage due to all that white smoke
I am going to use my old radio gear for the Nitro as the lovely KO needed cleaning for 15 mins to get it clean and it still stinks of nitro ... Back to the old 40meg 3VC for nitro befor next weekend thats for sure ............
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Well it had its first outing today & Yes for the 5 mins or so I had it running well it was GREAT , Easyier to drive than i thought it would be !! Even though it was a wet track ............
I could only try to get the engine tuned in between rounds today as i got water in it on my first practice run this morning so felt it best not to enter in the Nitro class , At last I got it running ok not perfect but ok with help from Craig Woods & mr B and while everyone else was searching the field trying to find Sharpies Car I was able to give it a good 5 min bash and it was great . So I asked if I could try to qualify for the Nitro in the last round to which Paul said yes !!!
On the line ready for the off and yes it went off BUT as soon as it changed into second gear all the teeth seemed to disapear from the second gear cog
Well never mind it was a step in the right direction today it was fun and exciting and only caused £3.50 in damage , There is hope for the future as i felt the car felt good But Ryk said it was to firm a setup and would have gone better if it was softer
And for what I paid everyone said it was as I felt a real Bargain
Hopfuly ill be able to have a day out testing at Snetterton over the Xmas holiday , Which I feel is needed to get the engine running just right .
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Trev, if you do get up to Snett. between Christmas and the New Year, PM me and let me know when, Tris and I will try to get up and lend a hand if you need it
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Thanks Jon nice of you to offer .
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Well after 4 hours down at Snetterton today all I can say is WOW .......
It took 2 minutes to tune the engine , all it needed was the low speed needle wound in until it stopped spitting fuel out the Pipe and then it was fine ...........
After I had done about 5 tanks of fuel I decided to time it to see how long I could run on a tank , The answer was not good I could only get 7 mins 20 sec top wack But at least it was concistant as I did another 5 runs timed and they was all around the 7 min mark !!!! NOT ENOUGH as I need to be able to do 7mins 30 secs with ease or I will be needing to do 2 fuel stops compaired to others that I know can do a 15 min final on 1 stop ....
So I tried leaning the TOP END SCREW down to hopfuly use less fuel BUT it did not like the 1/8th of a turn I gave it , It did not run a smooth as it had before so I presume I had got it about right in the first place !!!!
After doing this the Car would not restart for the next run ten minutes later , Having checked it over I found that the Glow Plug had Blown ( If this is the correct term ) Also having taken the glow plug out it turned out to be a standard plug , I thought it was a turbo Engine & Pipe BUT maybe it is not , So the Turbo Plug I had bought for a spare I felt I should not fit in case I caused any Damage !!!
I went to the Shop to buy a new number 6 plug BUT there plugs were colour coded and the Bloke behind the counter could not tell me what colour was equivelent to a number 6 ........ Hope less if you ask me .................
I had an old Plug in the pit box from and old Nitro thing I had 4 or 5 years back so i put it in not knowing what it was and I was off again for another 4 or 5 tanks worth of fuel BUT it was not as smooth as it had been with the origanal plug in it ...
Well over all I did a lot of running with out cutting out at all all day and I only crashed once when I got a bit sloppy , only maybe 3 spins all that is left to say is
ITS FANTASTIC
And if Ryk is right and it will be loads better with softer springs on I can't wait to get them as this thing was planted all day long when it was damp , damp / drying & totaly dry ................
I am still smiling now & I was all the way home
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Glad you got it sorted Trev, supprisingly addictive isn't it... 
Sorry I missed your call on Monday, but feel free to give me a call if you ever have any questions or problems.
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All sorted and its first RACE DAYWell it was the First Race Day for the MTX-4 today & I feel even though there was a limited number of Racers there I did not show myself up and I did OK .....
Result sheet below from the second A Final ....
Brief Summery
Round 1 finished in 2nd place 4 seconds behind Pete ( very happy with that )
Round 2 DNS broken Drive shaft did not notice till warm up
Round 3 Changed tyres to slicks as track was drying But came unglued finished 5th
Round 4 GREAT RUN Ended up 3rd on the Grid for the finals ONLY 2 Secs behind Pete and 5 Secs behind Craig
A Final 1 Running a comfortable 3rd with 1 Lap to go RAN OUT OF FUEL ( Gutted ) Ended up 5th
A Final 2 Running 2nd and trying to find a way round Craig on lap 7 he Break Tested me on the back straight ( I was not ready for it and my car went out of control as it had just changed up to second when Craig slowed way to early for the next corner ) Lack of Experiance there on my part ........ But 2nd was a great result
Over All I got 3rd Which I was very happy with
Its a Fantastic Car
Can't wait for the next time out ...................
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