I won an HPI 12R SS this weekend in a raffle, and HPI advertises it as having nickel-carbide plating technology. Marketing gimmick or not, would this affect break in? They recommend the same break-in as some other manufacturers (run it rich in the car at low throttle for 6 tanks, then lean out).

Would this method work?:

-With the car on a starter box, start the engine and blip the throttle to bring the temps up.
-Run WOT for 2-3 minutes, shut it off, and let it cool down
-Repeat for a total of 6 tanks (like recommended by HPI)
-Run the car on the track at normal RPM's and gradually lean out

Does anybody see any problems with this? This sorta peices together some stuff I've seen. This is what I plan on doing as long as nobody can find any obvious flaws in it... I don't want to break the engine in on the track, but I don't have anywhere else to break it in by actually running the car.

I like Josh's method, the the issue for me is noise. Running the engine WOT for tanks at a time probably wouldn't go over too well with my neighbors.