savage x breaking in

[big pete]

hello. i have just got myself a savage x. I have just started to break it in and i am on my 1st tank so the car is up on bricks. I got the car started fine and was idling nicely. After about 3mins the speed started to increase and the wheels were moving quite quickly. I tried changing the idle adjustment screw which starts to bring the speed down but then stalls.

Any ideas?

Thanks Pete

 

[Z400]

dont bring the idle down as far


what break in procedure are you going with?

i broke in my buddies 4.6 in his X SS, 3 tanks of idle, and then 4th tank of idleing,throttle here and there, 5th tank, little bit more throttle, 6th tank more throttle, 7th tank...WHEELIES

 

[eclark4]

Breaking in thoughts

I also have new sav x and since I live here in Italy and 20% is hard to come by I though I would try a new breakin procedure where I use 12 or 16% Nitro mix whihch is readily available and break it in slow with that. I dont see a need to idle through tanks full of Nitro. I feel it should be moded a little a t least. And when or if I return to the US I will readjust for the 20% notro mix. I feel that the lower nitro breakin will benefit the engine in the long run with the extra lube. Any thoughts???


sav warrior for life!

 

[olds97_lss]

3 tanks at idle! Man, I can't believe you didn't have problems.

I always run my engines from idle to about 1/2 throttle through 3 tanks, trying to get the temps up to 200F. Typically, by the end of tank 2, the temps are up to 200 and I start leaning a bit to get them up more. I also allow it to cool down about every 5 minutes of running with the piston at BDC. By tank 6, I'm normally tuning for rich running and I'm driving it at a decent pace.