Originally Posted by
Nitrovein
Picco can have a little coarse plating in the port openings, I recommend you preheat to 85c(185F) before trying to start it.
I try to keep it between 85c-105c(185-220F) during break in, but that's just me.
A cleanup work is never a bad idea anyway, but we all do it differently.
I had a look at the liner - it was smooth as a baby's butt with some nice cross hatching. Do they assemble these .28s with the rod and piston assembled together or is the rod installed onto the crankpin and piston installed after?