ORIGINAL: grahama89
ORIGINAL: El Pirata
ORIGINAL: SKYLINE350GT
questions about breaking in a motor.
Actually it's an
ENGINE, motors are electrical and engines are internal combustion. I have never heard tale of anyone breaking in their engine in that fashion though. Personally I prefer a few full tanks of idle before I even think about running the engine with a load on it. It sounds more like this method is part of the impatient generation wanting thing their engine broken in as fast as possible. I have all the time in the world to get my engine broken in so how long it takes does not matter to me.
Actually MOTOR is an accronym of Method Of Transport On Road. Also in the fatherland of engines they are indeed called Motors. So your statement is not correct.
As for the break in method. It works for Piccos but not on Hyper 21's or NR 421b's So I do not recommend deviating from the instructions that come with the engine/motor. Manufacturers test these systems and write instructions for a reason.
Ask a mechanical engineer and you'll see them get flustered when you call an engine a motor.