Divey1130
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Hey guys, here is my situation. I have a picco .28 w/turbo head modded by ab mods. It has about 6-7 tanks on it and still needs to be finished breaking it in. So i finally git it mounted and all ready to go today. First off I have googled day in and day out on what the factory needle settings are. I found 3-3.5 turns out for the HSN or flush with the collar. I found 10.5-11.5 for the LSN or 8 turns out. From Ofna's website they say for the picco .28 motor it should be 3-3.5 or flush with the collar for the HSN and 8 turns out on the LSN. Well I tried all the different ways and my problem is when I take the glow starter off it dies and also when I try to give it any and I mean any gas it dies. I pulled the glow plug (Odonells 99T turbo plug) and it is just fine but I replaced it anyway. No luck after almost a quart of fuel today. I am really frustrated with this. Usually I don't have this much of a problem. I just bought a new pull start and the pinch is super tight. It pulls nice and all but it won't run. Idleing with the glow starter in is not a problem. I tried leaning each needle a butt fuzz each time while trying to start it. I did all the standard stuff to do when trying to start a motor. All different kinds of variations with adjusting both needle settings and what not. My question is, is what is the true factory needle settings for a turbo head picco and what in gods name am I doing wrong. The best situation that worked for me was 8 turns out on the LSN and flush with the HSN. I pretty much wasted a quart of byrons 30% gen II and it's not cheap stuff. Can everyone chime in on this and please tell me what to do. i have wanted to use this motor so bad and I finally got time to install it and now this. I just bought a T-Maxx used with a mach 426 big block and it came with the tuned all jacked up and I got that started in 20 minutes pulling wheelies on demand. I am still new to this but after 3 nitro's I am atleast capable of starting a motor I think. Anyways 2 heads are better than 1 and 4 eyes are better than 2. Please help me! Thanks Terry