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Looking for advice from those with some more experience. Tried running my trx 2.5 with an o.s. 11k carb today. For the life of me, could not get the truck to stay running without the glow igniter hooked up to the plug. I managed to get the truck idling great with the igniter hooked up, had a nice quick smooth acceleration to high rpm with nice trail of smoke, and came back down to a consistent idle quickly after releasing the throttle. But despite all of that, the minute I disconnected the igniter, the truck stalled.

I figured it was a glow plug issue, so swapped in a brand new one. Same exact problem. I am by no means proficient with nitro. Been trying to teach myself how to tune, but could use some help with this.

Anybody have a fix for the horrible out of the box slack in the steering of the new talion? I recognize there needs to be a little bit of play, but this is the most i have ever seen on any truck. It is so bad that even the upper control arm moves pretty significantly, and there is no more room to add shims. This seems to be a common problem because I've seen videos of people endorsing the same concern, but I haven't found one with a solution yet.

The steering servo also seems to just randomly lock up. This even occurs when the truck is off and I try and move the wheels manually. Obviously the solution is to upgrade the servo (im planning on the perfect pass monster), but was just wondering if that was also a problem people were seeing out of the box with the talion.

I am finally trying to break out of the RTR battery ecosystems (specifically traxxas) and convert to quality universal batteries and chargers that I can use for all my trucks. I really dont know where to begin. I run mostly 8s and 6s rigs and am looking for a battery brand/charger that I can use for everything.

I also know there is a lot of discussion on what kinds of connectors to use. What connectors would be a good option to go with? Also regarding connectors, do specific chargers only accept specific types of battery connectors?

I recognize many of these questions probably sound stupid and/or obvious, but I've only really used traxxas batteries/chargers and thus don't have much knowledge beyond that. I'm tired of traxxas and their proprietary bullshit. I dont ever want to have to buy traxxas batteries or chargers again. I know how to solder, so switching connectors on my ESCs won't be an issue. Any and all help would be appreciated.