RE: How important is the break in procedure?
BW,
When you quote me, please include the entire passage: "Metals do react to heat.
But not the metals that our ABC engines are constructed from; and not at the temperatures they reach inside a running glow engine."
If I was unclear, I meant that when metals heat to their normal operating temperature in an ABC engine, because they do not heat up to a higher temperature range, where they can become annealed, it does not take place.
And also, none of us want the piston to become ductile, while the engine is running...
My presence in this thread is, I believe, of importance.
Your questioning regarding annealing/heat treating; because they neither happen, nor are these precesses of any use in glow engines; is simply wasting your own free time and mine.
The question was about the importance of the break-in procedure... If you have anything to add on the matter, please do.
If you want to talk about annealing/heat treating of metals below 300°F; why don't you start your own thread to discuss it.
I will reply if and when I see fit.