Re: Engine Break In before Racing (was: More fun with OBII)

From: KARL MOLTZAN (kmoltzan@mymail.net)
Date: Thu Apr 23 1998 - 19:32:24 EDT


On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:25:03 -0400 Jeff Lee
<jlee@atlanta.nsc.com> wrote:

>Psi363 wrote:
>>
>> bolts on that will work without ruining the way the
truck runs. I don't
>have
>> a baseline time slip yet but I should before the weekend
is out, right
>now it
>> is completely stock, just turned 800 miles.
>>
>
>Wow. Only 800 miles on it and your going to the strip this
weekend? I
>assume it still has the factory installed oil and filter.
>
>Maybe I'm just overly conservative (read paranoid), but is
it ok to take
>an engine near redline before its somewhat broken in? I'm
talking about
>at least 2000 miles of initial break in and maybe an
oil/filter change.
>I found that my engine/trans seemed to loosen up
dramatically between
>1000-3000 miles, and seems more peppy than when I first
got it.
>
>On the other hand, running that baby up to the red will
surely make some
>progress on seating those rings...
>
>I'm sure that this will start another philosophical
discussion...

I say head to the track from the dealership.Run it hard,
and the H@%* with the breakin.If it breaks make the dealer
put in a new one.
 
                       Karl Moltzan
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