A series budget engine rebuild

[Matty]

34 minutes ago, garellikatia said:

hold it for 2500 rpm for 20 mins to bed the Cam in and check for leaks etc...

When i put mine in I managed to give myself a hi tensile shock off the dizzy. Whilst pulling my hand away, I dislodged the temporarily bodged on throttle cable for the sidedraught weber and ran the engine at WOT for about ten seconds till I could reach the keys and turn it off.

Very quick way to bed a cam in 🤣

[garellikatia]

No way hahahahaha after all the time and effort that goes into building it too. To risk it all in the vital moments of starting. 

To be fair everyone has so many different ideas of running in dont they.

though every moped I've ever built I literally just started it up rode It like I stole it but never for a sustained RPM. Up and down the rev ranges. 

I have the feeling minis are a bit more sensitive than that though hehe

[Matty]

1 hour ago, garellikatia said:

No way hahahahaha after all the time and effort that goes into building it too. To risk it all in the vital moments of starting. 

To be fair everyone has so many different ideas of running in dont they.

though every moped I've ever built I literally just started it up rode It like I stole it but never for a sustained RPM. Up and down the rev ranges. 

I have the feeling minis are a bit more sensitive than that though hehe

It's reet. It's done 3 thousand mile since then. Goes like stink and doesn't use any fluids!

[Tommyboy12]

I managed to bed my cam in at 3500rpm after I accidentally set the rev counter to the wrong cylinder count 😅

It didn't seem to do the cam any harm

[tooSavvy]

Running In..... 😮

My M8 (with the Celica rally hack) needed his *new motor sweet for an event, just after a full rebuild......

....... cue driving down to Scotch Corner & back in 2nd gear!!!

Worked 🤣🤣

🚙💨

[garellikatia]

Class!! Just goes to show! These engines are more resilient than made out to be!!

One thing I need to remember to check actually is that it's not in gear before I start it up. 

I can't imagine 2500rpm for 20mins in reverse will do the gear box much good 😂