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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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track engine break-in procedure?

So... normally you break in an engine by driving around a lot and not beating the crap out of it. If you put a motor into a vehicle that isn't street legal, how do you break it in? It's not exactly easy to get 1000 miles of track time.
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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my bud that tracks a lot of a big street port usually breaks it in in a few hours.. fire it up make sure it going good. taker easy for 50-100km and then start increasing load and so on. he said it usually takes him an hour or so.
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 09:16 PM
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http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/weba...1&subject=misc
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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Awesome link, thanks.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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The factory racing break-in procedure on the link above has worked well for me, for many years now.

It makes a huge difference whether you have used or new rotor bearings.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by speedturn
The factory racing break-in procedure on the link above has worked well for me, for many years now.

It makes a huge difference whether you have used or new rotor bearings.
What difference exactly? Quicker break in?
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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used bearings...they are already broke in.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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very true
if you are useing new houseings and new bearings take some mroe time to break everything in 500km or so at least..
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