.. Do i full throttle the fellow or just blip??
Fire it up and drive it. Do not just blip it around the driveway! Yes, some full throttle on the first run is fine, just don't hold it there for long.
My car engines lasted a few gallons UNTIL I said screw it and broke them in just like I did all my plane and boat engines just as fuelman lay's out in his post... at the same time I QUIT TRYING TO TUNE TO TEMP! this is such BS! I Flew and and tuned for year's with out temp readings and enjoyed engines that have more gallons of fuel through them than I care to count... all the sudden I have to run between 220-240 if I want my engine to last? BS! and don't tell me plane engines run cooler than car engines either... THEY DON'T! car fuel has more oil in it... NOT! there are so many myth's and old wifes tail's in the car engine industry it's sad... Heat cycle your engine for breakin, tune your engine so it's not lean or RICH, let the temps be what they will and run the darn thing
John
John is absoutly correct!!!
I think the best thing a car driver can do is throw away the temp gun, use your ears and eyes to tune and you'll be fine.
The entire car community has been brainwashed by some pretty magnificent marketing efforts over the years.
I am refering to break in instructions; If car parts manufacturers want to sell lots of replacement engine parts, they will give you a very short warranty (usually 30 days, where the normal airplane engine is at least one year and are as long as 5 years) and they will tell you how to break in an engine to minimize the service life so rebuild kits can be sold on a routine basis. They have also made everybody believe that the cold burbly ideling break-in is some law etched in stone and they've made everybody believe that these engines are suposed to only last a couple gallons of fuel.
I talked to one of the original importers of very high end racing car engines and asked him (before he died several years ago) why he recommended such a crazy break in and why do the engines have too much cooling where they will not get hot enough? His reply was "I want them to wear them out and buy lots of parts, I make more on a piston / sleeve set for a car engine than I do for any other part, and as you know, I warranty NOTHING"
Well, there you have it.