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Old 08-26-2002, 11:01 PM
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Today was my first f-body kill. I ran this 93-97? Z28 and pretty much spanked him. He was a teenager, and his car looked stock but cherry. Anyhow, we only got to run up to about 85-90 from a 10 mph rolling start. He probably couldn't drive very well, not that I'm special but better than he was. By the time it was over I at least had him by a car legnth...



Man I love this car! It was SO worth all the hard work.



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Old 08-26-2002, 11:17 PM
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Nice kill. Nice engine swap. Probably one hell of a sleeper.
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Old 08-27-2002, 05:31 AM
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V 8 kills are the best...Makes the owner think twice on the 20+k they spent on thier car...lol
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Old 08-27-2002, 11:14 AM
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nice kill. are u breaking that engine in right? thats 2 kills in a week or 2 isnt it?
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Old 08-27-2002, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Aug 27 2002, 11:14 AM
nice kill. are u breaking that engine in right? thats 2 kills in a week or 2 isnt it?
Thats a good question. I'm not sure about the proper break-in for a used engine. I've put close to about 800 miles on it so far. I drove to Dallas and back the first day, then changed the oil and coolant. That's about 260-270 miles. Then I drove it for about 250-300 miles after that before I really started going into boost. So thats about 500-560 miles in the first week of it running properly.

Plus the countless dozens of running (with and without load) hours trying to figure why it wasn't running right.



Technically, its been running since April, just not correctly.
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Old 08-27-2002, 12:38 PM
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oh i thought the engine was new/rebuilt. i figure w/ the amount of miles u put on it should be alright.
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Old 08-27-2002, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Aug 27 2002, 12:38 PM
oh i thought the engine was new/rebuilt. i figure w/ the amount of miles u put on it should be alright.
Yeah, I believe I called it a "fresh engine" in another post. Well its "fresh" to me and with it putting out 110-120 psi on each rotor, I still call it "fresh".
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Old 08-27-2002, 12:49 PM
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yeah it can be considered new. it's new to the car right. i think ur in love with ur car :wub:
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Well with as much time as I've spent over/under/inside it, I figure I can at least stay with her for awhile.
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