Do yourself and the people around you a favor and at the vary least, go through this list.  You'll be glad you did.

• Charge the glow plug igniter for several hours (over night is best)  While its charging is a good time to do the rest of this list.
• READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!  There is alot of valuable info in there.
• If you are not sure, ask us.  Youll find alot of friendly people in this hobby who are more than willing to help.
• Apply "thread lock" to EVERY nut, bolt and screw that threads metal to metal.  These RCs vibrate alot, cover alot of ground and parts are small.  If you loose one, good luck finding it.  This means wheel nuts as well.
• Make sure the tires are glued well to the rims.  If not they will come off the rims under power.
• Install batteries in the radio and car.
• Turn the car and radio switches on and check radio and servo operation.
• Check and adjust wheel alignment, throttle and brake linkage.
• Turn switches off when finished.
• Check and record the high speed needle base setting.  You might need to know this setting as a good starting point you can go back to if you ever adjust it so far that it wont run.
• to do this, turn it in (clockwise) until it seats LIGHTLY and count how many turns it takes to close it, write that number down in the book, then open the screw back to where it started.
• 12 o clock to 3 o clock=1/4 turn, 12 to 6=1/2, 12 to 9=3/4, 12 to 12=1 full turn
• Once all that is done and the igniter is charged its time to fire it up.
• Fuel up the tank.  20% is recommended.  After brake-in, you can even go up to 33% for more power, youll have to tune the engine for the higher nitro content.
• Prime the carb.  This can be done a couple different ways.
• either by putting a few drops of fuel directly into the carb with the air filter removed or
• by slowly pulling on the pull cord while plugging the exhaust with your finger...you will see fuel making its way to the carb through the line.
• Place the igniter on the glow plug.
• Turn on the radio switch 1st & the car switch 2nd
• Safety Rule...the RC should NEVER be on without the radio.  Radio is ALWAYS 1st on and last off.  You dont want it running out of control from a stray signal or no signal.  Fail Safes will help prevent that from happening.
• A few pulls on the cord should do it.
• After about 30 seconds of running the igniter can be removed.
• Follow the break-in procedures and once that is done...TEAR IT UP!!!
• Another little tip.  When you shut the engine off, it is a good idea to place the piston in the BDC (bottom dead center) position.  The cylinder is tapered at the top to creat compression when the piston comes to the top.  Letting a hot engine sit with the piston at the top will cause the cylinder taper to decreace and result in lower compression and a loss of power.
• If your not sure how to find BDC.  remove the glow plug, pull the cord slowly, look inside the hole, youll see the piston going up and down.  Top is TDC, bottom is BDC.  You can mark the flywheel with a sharpie somewhere that lines up with something that you will recognize so you will know where BDC is all the time.