Before starting, I'll be cycling it with the heater. In some previous posts you said "On my new engines, before starting, I will heat cycle the engine 3 times, bring it up to 180-200 and let it cool, repeat 2 more times."

Question on that...do you have the piston at BDC, TDC, somewhere in between, or have you found that position doesn't matter at all?

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there is a good read up in the engine section called the break in bible give that a go and your engines will start better run better and last longer, I always heat my engines no matter what, they just seem to always start without any problems. as for piston position on cool down just make sure your flywheel is free and you wont have any lock on cool down. cheers