Hi all, the problem I have is that Ive built a new motor and box unit for my clubby speed event car but I have no way to run it in, as its definately not road legal. The cars almost complete so the motor aint coming out again (unless it has to)
Some ideas ive come up with:
- do lots of cheap events and keep the revs down
- sacrifice a set of drums and liners by running in on blocks
- dyno. although Ive heard that most dynos are very expensive to run so inturn this would make it quite expensive for me

any ideas would be much appreciated,
Thanks, Jeff Scanlan

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1974 1150cc Leyland Mini S racer,
1975 No motor Leyland Mini "ute"
1991 IPRA Honda Integra (in the build)
1995 Land Rover Discovery 300Tdi

CAMS Scrutineer

i say laps around the block keeping within very close proximity to your home, so if the men in blue do pull you over you cant point and say buti just live there, and hoppppfully in the perfect world they would let you off with a slap on the wrists and a "dont do it again", but its up to you, and i might add it is not the perfect world.

Bill

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http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71255

Being a race motor i would think it doesn't require much running in - it should have been built fairly loose to start with.

Run them in fast and they stay fast

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Rev the tits off it, or do a burn out but either way video it and post it up .
Both of these ideas are most probably bad ones but it's late/I'm tired and I have no one here to annoy :lol:

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

Run it in fast and rev the tits off it as above. But make sure it's WARMED UP before! I commented on a thread about this once before...

Don't know where you are Jeff....

... but many race tracks have practice days -
eg Wakefield Park (Goulburn,NSW) has "Speed off the Streets"... http://www.wakefieldpark.com.au/

... about $110 and you'll get multiple 15 minute sessions throughout a day....

... great way to run in your engine and play with other settings....

....cheap compared to the cost of an engine rebuild....

^^^
yeah I was leaning towards that. I do modern regularity at mallala in my road car around once a month, spose now ill have to get the mini ready for the 6 of april.

THanks for the replies

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1974 1150cc Leyland Mini S racer,
1975 No motor Leyland Mini "ute"
1991 IPRA Honda Integra (in the build)
1995 Land Rover Discovery 300Tdi

CAMS Scrutineer

run it in as you would run in any other motor

Drive it down the highway?

How is that then?

Can't wait to hear this one

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"I'm sorry, but a lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!"

if you think it too dodgy to take up the road, just run it at fast idle for 15- 20 mins at a time, after 2 hrs at 2- 2.5 k most of the rough edges will be knocked off, this is what i do with mine, never has a problem,


carl

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Mr Lightweight

There's been many a race car run in that way. I do recall a well known race team at Bathurst one year running in their new engine from Orange to Bathurst on Saturday night as the car was coming back from the panelbeaters following a shunt in practise.
KB

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I know of a lot of race cars that have been run in on the road.
It is a worry when you run out of petrol in the middle of the night in a Formula Vee.

Reminds me of the "World's fastest Indian" when he is pulled over in Nevada(?). Tells the policeman it IS road registered - in New Zealand!
KB

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