Originally Posted by wingracer

There are a million variations but there is only one important thing to remember, RUN IT AT OR NEAR RACE TEMPS. If you are running the motor cold you are wearing it out. Some people see me breaking a motor in at the track and think I'm doing the old idle a few tanks through it technique. In fact I have the idle set very high and I adjust the idle speed and HSN to keep the temp well over 200, generally between 210-240. After a couple tanks of this I will put it on the track and run it only slightly rich and try to keep it a bit under max RPM while still maintaining good temps.