Yes, as Charles Barkley would say, “This was just tuurrible.”
But Des, miraculously, the cam broke in just fine. Not a pop, sputter, or miss now that it’s running.
This may sound stupid, and I don’t know the reasoning for it, but there was a hot rod shop down the street from me growing up and this guy could build a thumper out of parts from lawnmowers and he had his own break in procedure. Dude built and raced Hemis, 454s, etc. I was a fledging Motörhead and didn’t know much about the whole intricacies of the mechanicalisms of certain engine procedures that I only read about. He was firing up a freshly built motor showing me his cam break in procedure. {crank, crank, VVRRRROM!!} right up to 5000 rpms, open headers, massive compression, the vibration through my chest was something I’ll never forget. Felt like the Earth was splitting apart right below my feet and I could see Hades. After he shut it down after about 3 minutes he smiled at me. I asked, “So, when you going to do the cam break in procedure?” To which he replied, “You just saw it.”
Despite everything I read, everything everyone up to that point had told me, he didn’t do the traditional break in procedure and never has. That was it. He went on to explain all the junk behind it which I didn’t pay attention to since his girlfriend had a very low tank top on. But regardless, looking back this isn’t the first time I’ve heard of this. But no matter, my engine from what I can see, is good!
(and I did get in a few long pulls before the unpleasantness arose). And I just realized that my autocorrect spells motorhead like the rock group. Ah, Lemmy. What a great voice!
Thanks Triple B for the writing compliments and yes, Samitron, we need to start a ban campaign: Ban the Woj!!!
Maybe we shouldn’t do that. He knows Mikey, and frankly, that dude scares me!
Not to mention Grady and all his Gradyness. Oh and Steve-a-rooni, please Fedex your non-refundable deposit via Aeromail to secure your bidding position!
Seriously guys, it’s all in fun and yes, this was a MAJOR learning experience that I’m glad I was able to share in my own special, demented, and narrative way. I appreciate you’s guys listening and when my column comes out in Hemmings, please take a few minutes and read it.
Cheers
Dave