Well its ready to stick back in the truck.
Early on in the build.


The finished product, less spark plugs and flywheel.

 

Hopefully Sunday it'll go back in the truck. Case of beer, and cousins help and maybe the wife to hold the light. lol

 

Any recommendations on break in procedure and oil to start with?

Will eventually run Royal Purple but not sure about syn on break in.

Thanks

 

pull the fuel pump relay and turn it over a few 10 sec cycles that way the oil pump gets primed. id also look into a break in oil that TSP uses with their built motors.

 

Cranking the engine does squat for building OP. Just crank it up and cringe through the rattling. Use non-synthetic oil for break in, most important is too resist the urge to stomp on the gas pedal for at least 500 miles.

 

Actually this statement can be argued also. I am not sure where but there is a break in thread on here that someone posted saying you should beat on to help seat the rings properly. Any oil on sale from walmart is what my engine builder told me to use for the break in. Its always a good idea to run something with a high zinc content if this is a high performance engine.

 

What i was taught atleast at Wyotech was that you wanna break the cam in for about 15min then after that let all hell break loose.. Better to find out if something is gonna break now than later.

 

I am a fan of drive it like you are going to for it's life. If you are going to hammer on it then do it from the begging. If you are light footed then no reason to beat on it.

 

I am pretty sure breaking in a cam only applies to non-roller cams. Incase you didnt know the LS series motor is a roller motor

 

The only new parts are the rings and bearings.

Pistons, cam, lifters are reused.

So how many miles using dino. When can I use the good stuff? 500 miles, 1000?

I know Royal Purple says you can use it from the very beginning. But have heard you shouldn't like ya'll said.

Probably pick up some Castrol GTX.

What about viscosity? I have always used 10w30 but may go with 5w30 like the cap says.