Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci
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Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci If you have to use a higher viscosity oil to maintain oil pressure your engine builder goofed. Thicker oil is NEVER a solution to an oil pressure problem. That said, you should run the thinnest oil you can for the best lubrication and cooling.
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Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 427ZO6:
<strong>If you have to use a higher viscosity oil to maintain oil pressure your engine builder goofed. Thicker oil is NEVER a solution to an oil pressure problem. That said, you should run the thinnest oil you can for the best lubrication and cooling.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You're getting too paranoid about the weights. Just keep the oil topped up with what wt oil your tuner recommends. I use dino oil Castrol GTX. That's plenty good enough for my application.
Leo
<strong>If you have to use a higher viscosity oil to maintain oil pressure your engine builder goofed. Thicker oil is NEVER a solution to an oil pressure problem. That said, you should run the thinnest oil you can for the best lubrication and cooling.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You're getting too paranoid about the weights. Just keep the oil topped up with what wt oil your tuner recommends. I use dino oil Castrol GTX. That's plenty good enough for my application.
Leo
Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Quickin:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragtop 99:
<strong>Nick told me to give my motor about 100 miles of break-in. My trip home was mostly highway, I varied my speeds, including using up to 50% throttle <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> and occasionally ran in 3rd (A4), just to vary things.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">100 miles, thats all they need? I was thinking 500-1000.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's it. I picked the car up at RapidMotorsports (in PA) and Nick said to go moderate, niether baby it or flog it, for the ride home and after that I was good to go.
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragtop 99:
<strong>Nick told me to give my motor about 100 miles of break-in. My trip home was mostly highway, I varied my speeds, including using up to 50% throttle <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> and occasionally ran in 3rd (A4), just to vary things.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">100 miles, thats all they need? I was thinking 500-1000.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's it. I picked the car up at RapidMotorsports (in PA) and Nick said to go moderate, niether baby it or flog it, for the ride home and after that I was good to go.
Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci Just hop over to US1 and drive down and give me a call when you get near Ft.Pierce where I can be waiting off US1 for you and try out the 150 shot <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I hope you are going to Bradenton with us in Oct. to run the BADRAP guys <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> if not we will have to rent MOROSO in mid NOV. for the day where you can beat the living hell out of it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Street Racer:
<strong>Just hop over to US1 and drive down and give me a call when you get near Ft.Pierce where I can be waiting off US1 for you and try out the 150 shot <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I hope you are going to Bradenton with us in Oct. to run the BADRAP guys <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> if not we will have to rent MOROSO in mid NOV. for the day where you can beat the living hell out of it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If the car is done, I'll try.
<strong>Just hop over to US1 and drive down and give me a call when you get near Ft.Pierce where I can be waiting off US1 for you and try out the 150 shot <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I hope you are going to Bradenton with us in Oct. to run the BADRAP guys <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> if not we will have to rent MOROSO in mid NOV. for the day where you can beat the living hell out of it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If the car is done, I'll try.
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Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci Hell just take it donw 95! Lately, it's had more stop and go than city traffic!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Personally, I'd be alittle scared to take my new baby through O-Town, The traffic there sucks!! Get out of there ASAP!! Good luck with the new motor.
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From: Columbia Mo
Re: Break-in question for my new ARE 436ci You say your putting a rearend and a FLP tranny in also? The tranny will be fine with the same as the Engine break in but the rearend will need heat cycled and chances are you will want to spend the first 10-15min in a parking lot doing very tight circles in both directing to work the posi lube in. My first time nobody told me about that and I thought I had a wheel about to fall off when I went around a corner. The heat cycle is 10 miles then park it for an hour to let it cool.