New SHORTBLOCK. Break-in advice???

[robs97snake]

OK OK OK. I have decided to drive it hard a couple times and get it up to like 6k rpm for now.


Another question....should I wait until I get the first oil change to remove all the ring and cylinder bits or go crazy now and THEN get my oil changed?????

[robs97snake]

Did you get the forged stuff??

Nope. New aluminum block but they polished my heads when they machined them.

[zemog]

fuck it, of course you wont hurt it..oil changes are an old wives tale too

my genius lazyass brother ran a car for 80k miles with no oil change , went longer than i thought it would...lol

[Captain Crawfish]

run the piss out of it!

[Grape]

rings don't seat if you are being a pussy. cylinder pressure behind the ring drives it into the cylinder wall

[majorownage]

I remember that from physics now. All of 5 years ago. Lol

Welcome to my world. Literally. Lol

[91CoupeMike]

Hey I'm the dumbass that thought th400s came stock with a removable bellhousing.

A fluid is basically anything that isn't a solid. Lol. Even plasmas can be modeled as a fluid in certain cases.

I remember that from physics now. All of 5 years ago. Lol

[Snatch Napkin]

If they reccommended 1000 miles at nothing over 4k rpms then you out to be able to jack the car up and put it in drive and run it at 12k for 300 miles and knock some time off

This is most likely the funniest thing you will ever say!!

[greenbullitt]

There have been tons of research done in this area and he has a valid ?. Unfortunatly almost all of the ring seat happens in the first heat cycle an engine goes trough. After that it doesn't matter. I alway run a fresh motor long enough to make sure there are no leaks and then I take it out and leave it in first gear, hammer on it and let off an let then engine compression brake it self this really puts load on the rings and seats them in. Do this three or four times, let it cool and change the oil. After that its fair game.

he does have a valid question, however, I would listen to the person who provides the warranty. When I build an engine, and I know what clearances i am dealing with, I change the oil after just a short time in the garage and setting vitals, then beat the hell out of it.

[majorownage]

I see, makes sense. Damn play on words.

Hey I'm the dumbass that thought th400s came stock with a removable bellhousing.

A fluid is basically anything that isn't a solid. Lol. Even plasmas can be modeled as a fluid in certain cases.

[46Tbird]

H2o is liquid, gas, and a solid. Depending on the temprature.

Water can exist in all three states simultaneously.

[91CoupeMike]

Air is a fluid and a gas.

Water is a fluid and a liquid.

An ideal liquid is an incompressible fluid.

I see, makes sense. Damn play on words.

[majorownage]

H2o is liquid, gas, and a solid. Depending on the temprature.

Air is a fluid and a gas.

Water is a fluid and a liquid.

An ideal liquid is an incompressible fluid.

[91CoupeMike]

Air is a fluid

H2o is liquid, gas, and a solid. Depending on the temprature.

[Cobraman]

Did you get the forged stuff??