mk3 ibiza cupra GT28rs back yard build!

[mc funbot]

just a wrap of ebay was like £4 posted just got the hair dryer out. job done ill come over 1 night mate have a chat..

 

[Chambers_CUPRA]

Looks good defo for 4 quid
Yeah mat defo you up and running and all sorted or still got a few bit to fiddle with?

 

[mc funbot]

Yer she's up and running and just granny shifting for a 1000 miles let the engine run in. Then I can play

 

[R4cup]

Very nice progress mate & your bro made a meal of the welding, looks really neat

 

[joehirth]

Not sure I like the headlights but engine bay is looking lovely

 

[yellonvi-R]

You got a link for that wrap mate?

 

[mc funbot]

Not sure I like the headlights but engine bay is looking lovely

The head lights was just something a little different there so good to drive with. Need to do a few little bits on the bay but I'm happy

 

[mc funbot]

Very nice progress mate & your bro made a meal of the welding, looks really neat

Cheers mate my bro is a very good welder N he can weld anything so he's handy to have. He did the welding on my 3" exhaust system to.

I'll get that eBay link to the yellow film up later!

 

[mc funbot]

link to the head light film
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260932174203?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648

 

[yellonvi-R]

Sweet

 

[mc funbot]

624 miles to got then thats my 1000 i can get my old pal boost back again!!
all is going good driving well still seams to be puting up a fault with my 2nd lambda its pissing me off!! ill get it sorted..

 

[PhilW]

You should be giving it beans straight away. You havent replaces your pistons and rings have you or honed the bores?

 

[mc funbot]

It's got new rods pistons rings shells, it's getting driven I'm
Just not hammering the nuts of it yet ?

 

[mc funbot]

It's got new rods pistons rings shells, it's getting driven I'm
Just not hammering the nuts of it yet ?

 

[yellonvi-R]

Best to run it in nice no need to cane it straight away.

 

[mc funbot]

wont be long now the miles are slowly creaping up

 

[PhilW]

Best to run it in nice no need to cane it straight away.

Based on your experience?

Theres ways to do it, slowly isnt the best on modern engines.

 

[yellonvi-R]

Based on your experience?

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Yep. And advice! Why would getting straight init and canning it straight away be good for a freshly rebuilt engine? Modern or not! Ive had plenty of engines rebuilt in my jap days and always been told by pro's to run it in before giving it death.

 

[PhilW]

Taking it easy is a sure way to get bad ring seal and bore wash. You need to load the engine up correctly to get the rings to seal to get good compression.

Easy run in used to be for engines that didnt have todays tolerances so they had to be taken easy to start with.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...wJSODw&usg=AFQjCNEDqT6u0Ygck50F-NV1uPj_-yocUg

 

[joehirth]

Check my Sticky breaking in thread. Lots of useful information in there. http://seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=296003

Short of it is that you don't want to go too mad or the oil will thin around the bores enough to glaze them. Too little and the same will happen.

Use the gears to brake, you should be using mineral oil for breaking in, do 20-30 miles and ditch the oil. Re-fill with more mineral do another 450 odd miles with gradually harder driving and then fill up with fully synth oil and it will be run in.