that was fun

[" Jim McMullan" <macthehammer@xxxx>]

I really like this list server. You can through out a topic and sit back 
and get all kinds of opinions.When I started building engines wide open throttle 
Was 3000 rpm.We were working with small bore long stroke engines (under square) 
and we built them tight.Babbit coated bronze bearings and high ring pressures 
had to be set up tight and run in.When you bought a car back then it came with 
run-in instructions.I personally would not let S.T.P.come anywhere close to a 
fresh engine even today with modern engines, as I feel it would hamper break in 
of the bearings and rings.It would be fine with a cam change on a engine that 
was already broken in.Roger does the high pressure cam lube claim not to 
interfere with break in? There used to be a parts store in the city that had a 
machine shop in the back. They would build up the 
block-crank-rods-pistons-and-cam.No heads or pan put on a stand in a 
Plexiglass container ,Flow oil from a separate pump into the cylinders top and 
bottom with the stock pump supplying oil to the bearings turn the engine 
about 2 or 300 RPM with a electric motor and run it for 72 hours.This was done 
in front of the parts counter .I don't know if it really worked I did not think 
the oil was hot enough but it sure was fun to watch. Jim 
McMullan. 

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