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Old 04-11-2009 | 07:51 PM
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Default RE: SPE Break-in

Mix up some oil at 40:1 mount it in your plane, fly the snot out of it. No long full throttle runs, but lots of throttle changes, no torque rolls for the first couple of gallons of fuel.
What breaks in an engine is the heat cycles, hot/cold/hot etc. NOT long hours on a test stand at 3/4 throttle