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Old 12-28-2016 | 03:55 AM
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Default Running in Mito35WCS

Folks,
I've been reading up on breaking in my fresh un-factory broken Mito35 (ps, thanks santa!) and can see from the forum 2 clear schools of thought, although some time has passed since updates on the Sir Ron Paris bible. So a question to all the Nova guys, what's the preferred method for the engine considering build quality and materials of the Novas (my first one, been Picco/Reds guy, but felt like trying something new for 2017):

1: "Old School - Run rich on box for multiple tanks" - This method keeps plenty of fuel and oil in the engine during break in to flush engine of the little bits that may have been left after build, but the engineer in me considers this not as sweet a break in as the "new school" heat cycle approach as described in the "break in bible" in this forum. I figure an engine with the quality of a novarossi won't have material left in to worry about (checked, cleaned and flushed).

2: "New School - Heat cycle on track" - Appeals to me, takes time, but will end up with a finely honed engine. Your experiences concur?

Any experiences comparing the two on a novarossi?

Final question, running in is in Singapore, it's 35degC (95degF) ambient. Still worth applying heat gun/wife's hairdryer before starting the lump (engine is worth risk of aforementioned wife wrath of stealing hair dryer).

Thanks folks, and all the best for 2017!
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