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Old 08-19-2005 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by wendellc1
I was able to ran 5 gallons yesterday. 2 tanks having the car idle on the starter box (factory setting at 190F) and 3 tanks at WOT at a very rich setting. One thing I am concern is the temp, using Josh's method, the engine ran cool at 120-135F at most. Before starting, I always bring the temp up to 150F, but even at WOT, the temp kept dropping. Does the extra fuel compensate for the low temp in this regard? Thanks.
yes, your right 120 is very low for breakin, in the range of 150-165 is where you want to be, dont exceed more than 176.
Its not a case of compensating, you want to get the engine to a reasonable running temperature so all components have expanded to what they would while racing. try wrapping the cooling head with aluminium foil to reduce the cooling heads efficiency.

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