glow plugs

[d-an02]

is there any possible way of making a glow plug last longer,
cus I'm on my 3rd 1 and iv only had the car 2 weeks

 

[semotorsports]

If you want what we think is the best glow plug there is on the market, Purchase plugs from MERLIN ,they not only last long but they run sweet.

http://www.merlinglowplugs.com/

Ed
S&E Raceway
S&E Motorsports

 

[Scrogg]

The O'Donnell's sport plugs are very durable and cheap. www.towerhobbies.com has them. Usually for 25 bucks roughly for 6.
If you are going thru plugs that fast you are probably running way too lean on the HSN. Richen it up and lean the LSN to get the performance back.
What car, engine, plugs and fuel are you using. How much runtime is on the engine?

 

[graham231]

i ve had good luck with mccoys

 

[speedingbulletbp]

McCoys are very good glow plugs. That is what I run in my Losi, and T-Maxx. My XTM XT2 I run XTM/SH glow plugs because the XTM/SH engines require a shorter glow plug otherwise I would run McCoys in all of them.

 

[d-an02]

The O'Donnell's sport plugs are very durable and cheap. www.towerhobbies.com has them. Usually for 25 bucks roughly for 6.
If you are going thru plugs that fast you are probably running way too lean on the HSN. Richen it up and lean the LSN to get the performance back.
What car, engine, plugs and fuel are you using. How much runtime is on the engine?

how could i do that, i do not litrally no anything about them,
an its a cyclone pro, an infinity 18 engine i think, an 16% fuel

 

[semotorsports]

Merlin gets all of our votes, until you try his product, then you will be a believer!!!

Have a great Nitro Day,
Ed

 

[Scrogg]

I suggest you read up on nitro engine tuning. Find somebody close by with experience.
Very simply though richen the HSN valve until the engine quits blowing plugs.
I hate to tell you this but Infinity engines are horrid. You may never have any luck with it.

 

[Racer 1966]

Merlin gets all of our votes, until you try his product, then you will be a believer!!!

Have a great Nitro Day,
Ed

It's great that you really like Merlin plugs and keep pushing them but I don't think this issue is just a switch plugs and that's it. And that really doesn't help this member out. The best bet here is to read and follow the advice in the above post from Scrogg - good advice! :thumbup:

 

[olds97_lss]

Here's some info on reading a plug to get an idea what engine tune does to plugs:
http://www.rc-truckncar-tuning.com/Glow-plug-reading.html

 

[speedingbulletbp]

I'm not a fan of Traxxas, but they explain engine tunning pretty well.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGjExP9GkM"]YouTube- Traxxas setup 18 of 21 - Tuning your Engine[/ame]