running in

[cerby54]

up to 850 miles now after the engine rebuild,upped the pace a little bit today.
oil pressure 80psi also it seems to run a bit cooler in traffic.
touchwood all seems well,back to apm andy early may for engine service and fine tuneing.

[anonymous-user]

cerby54 said:

up to 850 miles now after the engine rebuild,upped the pace a little bit today.
oil pressure 80psi also it seems to run a bit cooler in traffic.
touchwood all seems well,back to apm andy early may for engine service and fine tuneing.

I'm runnning my Chim's rebuilt engine in and it's a pain! Keep telling myself that it will be all be worth it in the end though.....

[big_treacle]

Mines at APM right now for a rebuild so I should be feeling your pain soon!

[Greenie]

Mine's at APM at the moment for a rebuild! Should be picking up next week.

He did say he was looking for a change of work as he had done so many rebuilds recently.

Are you guys having anything special done or just a standard rebuild? Do you have 4.2 or 4.5 and how many miles have you done?

[cerby54]

mine is a 4.2 it was running spot on,infact i had sold the car i took it round the block and the auilary shaft failed.
mine was a early engine but it now has a later bottom end.
original mileage was 40000.

[cerby54]

that should have read auxilary shaft.

[big_treacle]

Mine has been suffering worn valve guides & running badly. Just over 50k miles. 4.5
Thought I'd get it sorted out & nicely refreshed for summer

[Greenie]

Mine has previous had sticking valves and was burning and leaking oil.

Unfortunately Andy found the heads and manifolds needed replacing but the rest was fine.

It is a 4.2 with 60k miles.

Should we be starting a self help group for AJPs needing rebuilds?

[Boosted LS1]

BagOfOldRats said:

cerby54 said:

up to 850 miles now after the engine rebuild,upped the pace a little bit today.
oil pressure 80psi also it seems to run a bit cooler in traffic.
touchwood all seems well,back to apm andy early may for engine service and fine tuneing.

I'm runnning my Chim's rebuilt engine in and it's a pain! Keep telling myself that it will be all be worth it in the end though.....

Why is it a pain to run in? You're not nursing it are you?

[Greenie]

cerby54 said:

up to 850 miles now after the engine rebuild,upped the pace a little bit today.
oil pressure 80psi also it seems to run a bit cooler in traffic.
touchwood all seems well,back to apm andy early may for engine service and fine tuneing.

What were Andy's running in instuctions?

[anonymous-user]

Boosted LS1 said:

BagOfOldRats said:

cerby54 said:

up to 850 miles now after the engine rebuild,upped the pace a little bit today.
oil pressure 80psi also it seems to run a bit cooler in traffic.
touchwood all seems well,back to apm andy early may for engine service and fine tuneing.

I'm runnning my Chim's rebuilt engine in and it's a pain! Keep telling myself that it will be all be worth it in the end though.....

Why is it a pain to run in? You're not nursing it are you?

I'm just going by the owners book. Says not to exceed 3000 rpm for the first 850 miles. Then up to 2000 miles you can slowly start to use the whole rev range.

[warpspeed]

Hi chaps. Dare I ask what you guys paid for your re-builds and what you got for your money. Mines currently with RT Racing having major engine surgery.

Cheers.

[cerby54]

you may.

[cerby54]

hi steve.
i have sent you a copy of my bill.
pete.