Bills 33 Gtst Streeter/track Car

[No Crust Racing]

On 8/26/2024 at 4:13 PM, admS15 said:

Might just do that. Be good to get a baseline and see how the new bearings are wearing.

I probably should do a compression test, to see if my honing skills where up to the task or maybe it's better if I don't know, lol.

There should be zero bearing wear, anything in the oil will be rings/hone bedding in and left over from the build.

Do a test, change oil then do another in a few thousand k's, they're cheap. 

Comp test only if it's using oil/excessive blowby. Remove oil cap when car is running, should be under light vacuum, if it's breathing out the cap then maybe worth a comp test. 

No harm in doing a test for piece of mind though plus you will now have a baseline figure to compare against in say 5, 10, 20 ks. The XR5 was not breathing/showing issues, and I tested it anyway just to see what new comp figures were for later comparison (that engine recently clocked up 10ks with the new owner - proud dad). 

Edited September 1 by No Crust Racing