Break in oil?

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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 respect Aaron's talent, no doubt the guy is a mechanical genius. He reminds me a lot of my brother in law "Rachet," (deceased, RIP) who could repair, rebuild, or fabricate anything from airplanes to windmills. However, I think a lot of the problems Gas Monkey encounters are self-inflicted. That Bandit car, for instance, had been sitting for months or years. The guys did WOT burnouts and donuts with it before they even looked under the hood. Maybe if they'd serviced it first it wouldn't have blown up.

I respect Aaron's talent, no doubt the guy is a mechanical genius. He reminds me a lot of my brother in law "Rachet," (deceased, RIP) who could repair, rebuild, or fabricate anything from airplanes to windmills. However, I think a lot of the problems Gas Monkey encounters are self-inflicted. That Bandit car, for instance, had been sitting for months or years. The guys did WOT burnouts and donuts with it before they even looked under the hood. Maybe if they'd serviced it first it wouldn't have blown up.
I totally agree, they do some things I would never do before checking a car over. I guess it makes drama for the show.