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Basically I am rebuilding my C20LET with new rings, shells, bearings etc. and I have been reading about ways of bedding in the new rings. Now I stumbled across this link that was posted on migweb, do you think its true or a load of crap?

Opinions please..

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

How do you personally run an engine in?
 
Yes you should definitely run them in for a good 500 miles at least. The rings and piton liner wear to the shame shape over time, creating a good seal. When you put new ones in, they'll be a lot tigher than the old ones, so you need to give them time to wear in again. The same goes for bearings really, you need to give them time to wear in just like a new engine.

Basically to run an engine in, it usually means not using high revs or full throttle, and keeping the boost turned right down on a LET.
 
Personally when ever i do a cambelt etc i never rev above 3.5k in any gear unless its 5th and i gradually get there - say motorway cruising. If id have a re built engine in my car id leave it till 1000 miles for my own benefit then increase the revs gradually not hit 1000miles then nail it
 
Most people say its a 1000 mile bed in, 100 miles - oil and filter change, at 500 miles - oil and filter change and at 1000 miles oil and filter change and then you can reconnect the actuator and use boost.

Now according to that link its saying that the rings are 80% run in within the first 20 miles. It also states:

"The best method is to alternate between short bursts of hard acceleration and deceleration."

"Nowadays, the piston ring seal is really what the break in process is all about. Contrary to popular belief, piston rings don't seal the combustion pressure by spring tension. Ring tension is necessary only to "scrape" the oil to prevent it from entering the combustion chamber.

If you think about it, the ring exerts maybe 5-10 lbs of spring tension against the cylinder wall ...
How can such a small amount of spring tension seal against thousands of
PSI (Pounds Per Square Inch) of combustion pressure ??
Of course it can't.

How Do Rings Seal Against Tremendous Combustion Pressure ??

From the actual gas pressure itself !! It passes over the top of the ring, and gets behind it to force it outward against the cylinder wall. The problem is that new rings are far from perfect and they must be worn in quite a bit in order to completely seal all the way around the bore. If the gas pressure is strong enough during the engine's first miles of operation (open that throttle !!!), then the entire ring will wear into
the cylinder surface, to seal the combustion pressure as well as possible."

Seems a bit too extreme, but it does kind of make sense.
 
is it me or is it being "sold" too much?
 

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