01-03-2014, 10:38 AM
I like "Fast and Loud" it's pretty cool, they burned up two engines, one was the Shelby and the other was the Bandit engine. I do not recall them priming the oil system on either of them before firing them up. I think the Bandit engine was a rod bearing issue.
I use to build race engines for a dirt track car and we always primed them before the first start up. Ran 10w30 to break it in at rpm's above 2000 for 30 min. changing the rpms. Shut it down let cool and run it for another 30 min. changing the rpms. We would then change the oil to Mobil 1 20w50 and ran the snot out of them.
Their lifter stuck because it wiped the cam lobe off. May have not used enough assembly lube on the cam and lifters. So who knows who's at fault. Aaron's pretty smart guy though.
I use to build race engines for a dirt track car and we always primed them before the first start up. Ran 10w30 to break it in at rpm's above 2000 for 30 min. changing the rpms. Shut it down let cool and run it for another 30 min. changing the rpms. We would then change the oil to Mobil 1 20w50 and ran the snot out of them.
Their lifter stuck because it wiped the cam lobe off. May have not used enough assembly lube on the cam and lifters. So who knows who's at fault. Aaron's pretty smart guy though.