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2revo1maxx
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NOPE. Not a good idea at all. Your engine needs to have some kind of load on it at all times. Not much, but driving around gently on blacktop is ideal. Just warm it up with a hair dryer and give about 10-15 heat cycles (about 5 minutes each) to get it up to 200 degrees. Then do the manufacturers break-in. It's important to warm it up with the hair dryer first, you want it to be around 200 degrees as much as possible, it eases the stress on the engine bearings and rod.
They do make a break-in stand for doing it off the vehicle. Like said above though,it is necessary to have some load on the engine but I don't remember what the stand used.
2revo1maxx
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It would be cool to use an airplane prop or something, but I'd get my hand in there somehow.:whhooo:
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