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Originally Posted by Russell James

That's because they are talking about a green crate engine with zero run time.

When buying as a complete car... the engine was run at the engine plant, run at the vehicle assembly plant, run at varying loads on the DVT test at the end of the line, run around the shipping yard, run around the rail yard, run around the dealership parking the car.... So, it has it's thermal cycles and varying loads already done.

The crate motor is going to be green tight. Need to give those parts the right loads and heat cycles to get to know each other.

If anyone ever says... drive it like you stole it from first key up... stop listening to them. You vary the loads, heat cycle it, and work your way up to max power.

+1

It's funny how many people forget that they are breaking in an entire vehicle and not just the engine.