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    Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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    Music, my 1987 Ford Orion 1.6i, computers, nitro cars.
  • RC Cars
    1/8th scale Subaru Impreza .21 Force Engine
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  1. Yeah, France is nice. It was zero degrees, fog & constant rain, but funny enough, I didn't mind it. Gotta get used to it now though
  2. Hi guys. Been away for a few months & now moving from Lanzarote to France. My car is still off the road, but where I'm moving to, has a lot more hobby shops etc, so hopefully will be up & running within a month & back on here.
  3. I'm no expert either, but I'd agree that it's just running too rich. By the way alexi, did the button thing on top come off easy, if you don't mind me asking?
  4. Hi Rev & welcome. I'm a newbie'ish as well & I can say, that the guys here are very helpful
  5. Well, my engine is a force .21, so maybe it's normal in them, if you say your's spins easily.
  6. Yes, it does have one brass shim.
  7. Can anyone confirm, whether it's normal for the bit the glow plug screws into, to sit loosely on the cylinder head. or be a tight fit. When I stripped my old engine, I couldn't budge this bit from the piston sleeve, but the new one is very loose. Wondering if this is part causing my tuning problems. I've noticed a build up of fuel inside the heatshield, which may be coming from there.
  8. Yeah, I've seen that on a post here somewhere. Will have a peruse for it. I've stripped the carb & fitted my old exhaust back on, so gonna have a go myself again tomorrow. I'm not too bothered, 'cos being the persistent bugger that I am, I know I'll get it going eventually
  9. All started out Ok at the lhs. The guy was quite enthusiastic. He got it running & started adjusting the carb, but when he gave it a bit of throttle, it cut out still. Carried on fiddling about, but eventually what was happening, was, he'd rev it up & let go of the throttle & it would still rev momentarily & then come down after a delay. He reckons it's sucking in air somewhere. His solution was to try & sell me another engine, but this one I have, has only just been run in. He got fed up in the end, said "adios" & went for a coffee. Quite hilarious really. Anyway, I'm back to square one. I've got another carb & am going to try that on it. Failing that, I'm stumped
  10. I'm gonna watch how he tunes it for future reference. He certainly seems to know his stuff. He's the owner & runs 2 or 3 cars himself.
  11. I'm getting him to look at it, 'cos I've had numerous go's at tuning it & can't get it right. Two heads are better than one & if he can do better than me, then I'll be happy.
  12. Excellent news. Very accomodating chap in the model shop, supplied a new spring & also fitted a much stronger pull string to my broken one, all for the cost of 10 euros. Gonna get him to repair the other one so I've got a spare & he's also going to take a look at the car for me & tune it correctly.
  13. I've been looking at the specs on both of these cars & they seem identical, except for wheels & tyres. Would this mean then, that if I bought the on road & wanted to use it off road, all I would need to do is use the off road wheels, probably with adjustments to the suspension. Thanks. http://www.thundertiger-europe.com/ssr.html
  14. Yes to all of that. New day, new beginning. I've calmed down now, so going to order 2 new ones from motorsport. Apart from anything else, I've bought new fuel & I'm not going to waste it
  15. Won't be pulling them out too far anymore. I've just lobbed both of them in the bin. They've totally stressed me out to-night trying to fix them. Gonna try & invent a better idea, until I get a replacement.
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