Beaus67
Active member
Well, it’s taken longer than I expected it would but on Friday we started the new engine. I gotta tell ya – that engine roared to life on the first turn of the key! Of course there were a few of adjustments to make before the break in process could start but I was very relieved when it immediately fired up. With as much effort and dollars as I have invested I was really hoping for an easy start up. I have run the 2000 rpm break in and now have to invent some sort of throttle linkage so I can drive it. My friend, the Ford mechanic, says I should get it on the highway bring it up to 60mph and then take my foot of the gas and let it coast to 30mph going through that process at least three times to make sure the rings are broken in. I trust him and his judgments (especially with Fords) so that will be the next thing I do but I was just curious if anyone on here had ever heard of this routine for breaking in rings? The good news is that the Weber carburetor throttles the same direction as the peddle travels so linkage should be relatively easy but if anyone has suggestions or pictures, please share. One question I do have, my pressure regulator seems to bleed down from 5 lbs to 0 (on the gauge) when running the car at 2000 rpm. Is that normal at highway rpms? It doesn’t seem to be starving the carburetor of fuel just seems odd that I start out with 5 lbs and slowly bleed to 0 within about 5 to 7 minutes. I used that very expensive break–in oil in the crankcase, seems a shame I’m only gonna get 500 miles out of it but Sa la vie. Thanks to everyone on here for all the help, this has been really positive experience and Fordsix Performance and Classic Inlines have been a big part of that. If you have the bandwidth I’ve posted a short video ( link below)
Thanks again
Bill
http://youtu.be/lUefBAIPrTI
Thanks again
Bill
http://youtu.be/lUefBAIPrTI
