I have an extremely tight engine (Rody C5) that I am going to be breaking in and I was wondering what some of you guys use to break-in your engines? I have read about a Hudy engine break-in stand but couldn't find much info about it.

Any suggestions regarding a engine stand would be helpful. I may just use a big vice with the engine mounted on some blocks of wood.

Anyways, any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

most people i've seen just mount the engine in the car and use a starter box, but u can break in the motor using a airplane break in stand but u will need a airplane starter, prop,and spinner.

what did you pay for that motor with shipping?

whats hp and rpm claims?

what ya puttin it in?

take the glowplug out and bump the motor on the starter box and try 2 loosen up the motor, then when u put the plug back in don't tighten it all the way leave it loose and try 2 start the car, if the motor gets stuck on top dead center use a srewdriver or something 2 pry between the flywheel and chassis

I paid something like 535 or something for the engine but it came with a larger cooling head. If you are interested in one go to ebay and check out a store named PDL. The guy Mike, I beleive is his name, if very helpful and when you buy an engine from him he takes it very seriously, almost like you are adopting a kid, but nonetheless very informative/helpful. He also had by far the best prices!!

Rody claims close to 3HP at, I think, approx 44K RPMs. check out RB concepts for more info.

I am putting the engine in a Hyper 7 pro.

I do have a really good starter box but the engine is so friggin' tight, with the plug out too, that I don't want to chew up the rubber wheel.

Besides, the "big boys" use engine stands or so that's what they say!