[Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake

[Ron Porter]

Supposedly it is mostly the rings, followed by the wear patterns on the
bearings. For all of the articles that I save, the one I didn't was a Pat
Bedard article in C&D in maybe the late '80s on this subject. He was talking
to a Ford engineer (IIRC) about break-in, and the engineer described the
"drive it like you stole it" method. The engineer brought up an example of a
press fleet car (a GT 5.0....I think...it's been awhile!!) that was flogged
unmercifully. When Ford got it back, they said it was the strongest-running
GT that they ever experienced! They supposedly removed the engine to tear it
down to see if they could determine exactly why that was.

Personal experience: My two brand-new SHOs were broken in this way (my wife
burned the tire on the'99 driving out of the dealership!!). Both the '89 and
'99 were strong runners in relation to other SHOs out there. In fact when
the '99 had about 2K on it, it went to Atlanta for the Convention and was
flogged at the track and dragstrip in 100-degree heat. After it got through
the full 10K to really loosen it up, it was the best (at the time) running
Gen 3 SHO at the dragstrip (and yes, Kirk, at a couple of different
tracks!!)

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Weidenbenner
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:20 AM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake


What difference does that make? Looser bearings? More or less
sealing/friction of the piston rings? "Bedding" in the engine block (like
making the brakes work "better")?

John W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dlogue.net>
To: "Dave Kegel" <d.kegel@comcast.net>; "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Interesting...porting the intake


> I think it is in how the motor is broke in.
>
> Paul Nimz
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