Breaking in a new motor
Breaking in a new motor What do ya'll usually do? I'm getting "bust that motors ***" to break it in and most tuners will tell you to baby it for 500-1000. In either case, nobody has reported any bad things from doing it either way (that I've heard of). I'm 200 miles in on a babying break in.
As far as I'm concerned, you can do whatever the **** you want to it and it will be fine, short of track passes and any amount of nitrous or boost. Some will say baby it, which is what I plan on doing, others say throw it up on the dyno as soon as it runs.
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Heat cycling the engine would be the most important thing to do. Then as long as you don't get too crazy for the first few hundred miles should be ok.
drive it like your gonna drive it... the only real thing that ive heared is to vary the engine speeds, so no long highway trips. Other than that, i did a little bit of everything breaking mine in.
I used to be in Quality Control for Mitsubishi and I drove the new cars out on the test track and let me tell youthey were not babied!!! We would power shift them and all sorts of crazy things. Cars that had 2 miles on them we were doing 120 down the straight away rapping at 7 grand. We never had any problem with them, maybe had to replace a couple of clutches before they left for the dealer but believe me they were broke in. That was the best job I ever had!!
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Originally Posted by alconk
I used to be in Quality Control for Mitsubishi and I drove the new cars out on the test track and let me tell youthey were not babied!!!
Ive heard different views on how to break in. Id probably heat cycle the springs just to be safe, then increasingly take it a little higher in rpm each time I took it out over the course of 8 or 10 heat cycles. The last one, id really let her rip with a couple of WOT blasts. Then change the oil. Going rough on her within the first few miles is rumored to seat the rings very well, although idwant to gradually work my way up over the course of a few miles rather than a WOT blast right out of the garage. LS1 Tech Stories
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Brett Foote There are certainly different views on how to break in an engine no matter which forum you go to. I'll just continue with the babying it break in as (even if the quick way works), I've dumped way too much cash and time to take the chance. I haven't seen anyone say the it would do harm either way.
Break in for the engine is very easy. Before you start the engine you need to disable the ignition and fuel system. Then crank the engine until you see oil pressure. Then connect the ignition and fuel and fire it up. If you have a decent tune in it I would just drive it around a little. After it has run for about 20 to 30 min take it to the dyno and make some pulls. The ring will seat in about 30 min. I also recomend non synthetic oil for the first two oil changes.
this is exactically how Brian@LME replied to this question about 1 month ago...
this is for a 408 that i bought from them.
this is exactically how Brian@LME replied to this question about 1 month ago...
this is for a 408 that i bought from them.
