As with most manufacturers nowadays, the engineers that design the motors and their components internally, have designed them so that they need little or almost no running in. They have almost perfect bearing, piston ring and other moving component clearances so that everything is pretty much "BED IN" straight from the factory. After all ... the real reason and idea for running in motors is so that is there is little discreptancies with bearings not sitting perfectly, that they are slowly worn in to do so.
I know they build rotaries, but ask PAC Performance about running in motors. They've never heard of such a thing, cause they build their motors with exact clearances. STraight on the DYNO... tuned and ready to race. How long they last is another story. My Opinion is if you run a motor in.... it's gonna last you longer regardless of how perfect the workmanship is. Anthony GOD-20L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chalmers, Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:38 PM Subject: RE: Running in a motor > The main reason the vl is so awesome is because of the rb30 nissan motor > under the bonnet : )) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rowe, Adam [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 5:33 pm > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Running in a motor > > > > Not exactly the same as the build quality you get used to from Nissan > > Motors. I think the best motor that Holden ever made was the VL. I heard > > that to test the assembly of the V6 holden motors they hang them from > > chains and run them at 5000 rpm and see if it blows up or vibrates, if > > they pass they send them off. If they fail the disassemble them. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 28/11/2001 16:25 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Running in a motor > > > > Nah, I doubt it. They run them off the line, put a bit of fuel in them, > > start them up, if they go, then they get driven out to the yard and that's > > about it. If they don't start, which a lot don't, they put them to the > > side where they have a team of mechanics there to work out what went > > wrong. > > > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]On Behalf Of Rowe, Adam > > Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 11:53 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Running in a motor > > > > > > > > Havn't they already completed a run-in procedure at the factory, > > before you even get it? Or at least a partial one? > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
