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Old 03-23-2008 | 11:24 AM
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Default RE: dave gierki engine break-in debate!!

The standard method of breaking in wide open at full throttle and a little bit rich for lubrication and cooling works very well. Literally hundreds of thousands of ABC engines have been broken in this way and it's working just fine.

Why bother with all the black magic and voodo? Do what works for 99.9999% of other RC guys and break it in just like Dar Zeelon wrote about in his Tapered Bore break in thread. It's in the Glow engines forum and can be found with a simple search for "Tapered Bore"

I have my own slightly modified method of madness, but it's basically the same as whats in that thread. I am a very experienced gear head and I didn't need that article to tell me how to break in an engine. But it's an EXCELLENT reference for newbies or people with minimal experience in the hobby.

Do what works for everybody else and stop trying to reinvent the wheel.