On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:32:39 -0600 ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com> writes:
>Hi Matt,
>
> Oh, Im gonna gettit for this one. Drive it mildly for a coupla
>heundred miles. Park it overnite. Retourque the head nuts, etc.
>Drive
>it conservatively, coupla vrooms, 1K more miles, no banzai!!
>Retighten
>every thing and retorque the head nuts. Drivvit like the nut you are
>(vrooommm!).
>
> If it hasn't blown up by now, it's probably good for ?00K miles.
>Have
>fun!!!
>
> Charley (VROOMM) Robinson
> '69 B VVRROOOOMMM!!!
>
Opinions seem to vary as to what is best and i defer tp the professionals
for the tru story but two things im sure of
1)if it has a new cam - and knowing that engine im sure it does! - it
needs to be run initially for about 20-30 minutes at a consistent engine
speed of about 2500rpm
i.e. just sit in it start it put your foot on the accelerator and take a
nap!
2)The head gasket needs a certain numbr of temperature changes before
retorquing,
its not a matter of just running it once for a couple of hundred miles,
it needs to be run 8-10 times from cold to fully warmed up for a total
of a couple of hundred (some say 500) miles
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
53 Riley
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