Cam Breakin
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Cam Breakin
Hey.....in the next few days my cam is going to be broken in. Will i need my exhaust on for backpressure or would it be fine just to do it with open headers????(Exhaust is true 3"duals going into 2 dynomax bullets dumped right before the axle)Id like to get a few opinions on this......thanks mike
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Re: Cam Breakin
Originally posted by 89blackm
Will i need my exhaust on for backpressure or would it be fine just to do it with open headers
Will i need my exhaust on for backpressure or would it be fine just to do it with open headers
The neighbor got pissed off and created problems I didn't need.
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I tried breaking in my cam with open headers. It was loud as *** * and i had foot long flames shooting out of them. Its not cool, i would totally advise against it.
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Originally posted by ME Leigh
I tired breaking in my cam with open headers. It was loud as **** and i had foot long flames shooting out of them. Its not cool i would totally advise against it.
I tired breaking in my cam with open headers. It was loud as **** and i had foot long flames shooting out of them. Its not cool i would totally advise against it.
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Use your manifolds. The heat from the cam breakin kills off the ceramic coating on the headers, which causes it to flake off, and then you lose out on the 200 for coating.
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Not only that but it's nice when everything is as quite as can be so you can keep an ear out for any tell tale "bad noises"
Open headers sound cool, no doubt. But breaking in an engine sucks to do this way. Even with your bullets it wont be much better than open, but should still be a little quiter and easier for everybody around you to take.
Open headers sound cool, no doubt. But breaking in an engine sucks to do this way. Even with your bullets it wont be much better than open, but should still be a little quiter and easier for everybody around you to take.
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Ok so it sounds like its not big deal then.Im not worried about the noise issue as they are annoyed with the car from last summer I was just worried about burning valves up or doing damage to the engine due to not having as much back pressure
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You do not want back pressure. Back pressure is a restriction that reduces power. You do not want back pressure. The back pressure myth started back in the dark ages of engines, when people didn't know **** and the old timers that didn't know **** are still passing it on today. Damn old people!
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Originally posted by sellmanb
Use your manifolds. The heat from the cam breakin kills off the ceramic coating on the headers, which causes it to flake off, and then you lose out on the 200 for coating.
Use your manifolds. The heat from the cam breakin kills off the ceramic coating on the headers, which causes it to flake off, and then you lose out on the 200 for coating.
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I've never heard of this, ...Do you have any proof of this or did it just happen to you?
I've never heard of this, ...Do you have any proof of this or did it just happen to you?
89blkm... is the cam a roller by chance?
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What Lucifer said.
If the mixture and/or ignition timing isn't dead on (and how can it be?) while breaking in the cam, a lean condition can cause the headers to glow red hot, literally.
I don't care how "good" ceramic coating is, it can't stand that much heat for very long.
If the mixture and/or ignition timing isn't dead on (and how can it be?) while breaking in the cam, a lean condition can cause the headers to glow red hot, literally.
I don't care how "good" ceramic coating is, it can't stand that much heat for very long.
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