Talk about a controversial subject... Here is a site I found.
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Discuss and let the madness begin!
Motor break in procedure...
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99BlackHatch
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99BlackHatch
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I expect this to be quite large when I get home today, lol
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mike93hatch
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earl laskey himself. thats all you need to know.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397
btw, i thought everyone knew this? my complete and i mean complete engine was 100% brand new. it was running maybe 5 minutes before it was making back to back 8500 rpm pulls on the dyno. not a problem since. i dont break in clutches or anything else either.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397
btw, i thought everyone knew this? my complete and i mean complete engine was 100% brand new. it was running maybe 5 minutes before it was making back to back 8500 rpm pulls on the dyno. not a problem since. i dont break in clutches or anything else either.
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Gunmetal Si
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ill be a sumbitch if i havent been saying this shit to many many poeple. this mnan told me this over im a long time ago on honda tech. sheesh. byt he way mike, sell me that ramcharger!mike93hatch;77858 wrote:earl laskey himself. thats all you need to know.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397
btw, i thought everyone knew this? my complete and i mean complete engine was 100% brand new. it was running maybe 5 minutes before it was making back to back 8500 rpm pulls on the dyno. not a problem since. i dont break in clutches or anything else either.
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andyjt
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mike93hatch;77858 wrote:earl laskey himself. thats all you need to know.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397
btw, i thought everyone knew this? my complete and i mean complete engine was 100% brand new. it was running maybe 5 minutes before it was making back to back 8500 rpm pulls on the dyno. not a problem since. i dont break in clutches or anything else either.
+1 i use the same procedure as you. Built it, had it together maybe 30min of idling and then on a trailer to get tuned.
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yep +1 i read that years ago when i built my first honda motor, thats my breakin routine.mike93hatch;77858 wrote:earl laskey himself. thats all you need to know.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397
btw, i thought everyone knew this? my complete and i mean complete engine was 100% brand new. it was running maybe 5 minutes before it was making back to back 8500 rpm pulls on the dyno. not a problem since. i dont break in clutches or anything else either.
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+1mike93hatch;77858 wrote:earl laskey himself. thats all you need to know.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397
btw, i thought everyone knew this? my complete and i mean complete engine was 100% brand new. it was running maybe 5 minutes before it was making back to back 8500 rpm pulls on the dyno. not a problem since. i dont break in clutches or anything else either.
This what I am doing when my car is done.
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I also will go by what the late great earl laskey and his son mike said... which is covered in the linked thread above.
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Gunmetal Si
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... vewwy intwesting
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mike93hatch
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ill sell ya it when it breaks down, how's that sound?GUNMETAL SI;77859 wrote:ill be a sumbitch if i havent been saying this shit to many many poeple. this mnan told me this over im a long time ago on honda tech. sheesh. byt he way mike, sell me that ramcharger!