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Q-ship · 09-09-2009, 11:34 AM

Everything Darin told you is how piston aircraft engines are broken in......load them up and firewall them on take off. Think about it, do the engine builders baby an engine on a dyno for a equvilant of 500 to 1000 miles or do they do a 30 minute run to seat the rings and set a wear pattern in the cam, after that they beat the living piss out of them. If the manufactures get you to baby it for 1000 miles that is 1000 miles of not really hard driving, and how many of us after the break in drive a car hard? It is all about saving money on warrenty costs.

09-09-2009, 11:34 AM	#39
Q-ship Drives: 1968 Chevelle, 1971 Monte Join Date: May 2009 Location: Peoples Socialist Republic of California Posts: 100	Everything Darin told you is how piston aircraft engines are broken in......load them up and firewall them on take off. Think about it, do the engine builders baby an engine on a dyno for a equvilant of 500 to 1000 miles or do they do a 30 minute run to seat the rings and set a wear pattern in the cam, after that they beat the living piss out of them. If the manufactures get you to baby it for 1000 miles that is 1000 miles of not really hard driving, and how many of us after the break in drive a car hard? It is all about saving money on warrenty costs.