Newbie to Nitro Buggy Needs Help

[GunLocators]

I bought 2 OFNAs a LX and MBX for me the wife and kids to have some fun. But being new to the hobby I lack in a lot of knowledge. I read the OFNA book but I am not too impressed. It leaves me asking questions.
On a tight new motor with a starter box they seem hard to turn over. Is there any fix the box and alignment is correct and battery fully charged.

Also on the igniter I started up on car tonight it took forever. It seemed unless I left the igniter on the glow plug a long time it would not fire up and when I disconnected it wanted to die. It did eventually start and run for about 5 min w/o igniter then died.

Any other tips we have 2 LHS on seems to be geared toward indoor pancar racing and the other in to planes. They have not been too helpful and seem put out by question even tough i purchased a car from each due to bith of thier lack of inventory.

Any tips tricks or help is appreciated...

Thanks In Advance

 

[HeartBreak]

To make turning over the motor easier, you can try a couple of things. You could pre-heat the engine to about 170 degrees using either a heat gun or a good quality hair dryer.

After that, you could loosen the glow plug 1/8th of a turn to lessen compression. Tighten it back up after the motor starts.

It does get easier to start and run after the motor is broken in. But it does take patience. Once you get it going, you'll enjoy it.

 

[jetmechG550]

I would say it sounds like your glow plug is TU. Glow plugs are funny, I've taken new one's out of the package and had them DOA. Definitely heat the motor up before starting, it will make it easier and will run better on the warm up. I have a $15 embossing gun that I got from a craft store that I keep in my pit box. It's small and will get hotter than a hair dryer and does the job. Hell a buddy of mine used it change bearings in his motor in the pits a couple weeks ago. Loosening the plug up and lapping the mill for a few will also work. And make sure when you shut the engine off, you turn the flywheel so the piston is at BDC, this will help keep that nice tight pinch.