KLOTZ- I guess that's why I ASSumed he must have been really pushing it.

Prev-I do not care if my engines are run at the factory or not. But in this and some other cases things can be caught. Greatly increasing customer satisfaction and not disatisfaction. When you pay over a grand for a custom built engine people expect it to run. You can really hurt you business if problems continually arise.

I always run my engines a little before flying. I let them lope along at a fast idle with brief burst to set high/transition and of course low. When I am satified they will not dead stick I fly. My 110 was run before shipping.