Hey i will be getting my car back from thirdgenresouce.com pretty soon, and im wandering how many miles should i wait before i can tear this thing up? also how should i drive it? keep it under 4k RPM? 5K? 3500? should i not do long road trips? any advice on breaking in the new engine would be appreciated,

New ZZ4
also New Stealth Ram intake...
new fuel injectors,
new Spohn torque arm, crossmember, sfc's
used t56..... so guess i dont have to break that in.. but it has new clutch and flywheel, pressureplate...

 

It;s been my experience that to be on the safe side, you should really go about 500 miles before you really give the car hell. In the break in period you don't want to be consistant. Drive at varying speeds and try to stay under 75mph. So, basically, traffic would be a good place to start. Let the car warm up a few minutes before you put in in drive and also let it cool down a few minutes before you shut the car off when you get to where you're going.
Oh, and don;t use any sort of fuel additives during this period either.

 

I work at a truck freight company here in Orlando, about a week ago I loaded a T56 tranny going to thirdgenresource. I noticed the name on the freight bill right away. I was just wondering if it may have been your tranny, pretty cool if it was! If anyone else that worked there would have loaded it, it would have been just another piece of freight, I was careful with it knowing it was going to a good home.LOL

 

Engine break in's are a funny thing. Lots of people swear on doing it their way but most of it's just trying to stay on the safe side of an already good thing.
I might as well give you my opinion, better safe than sorry. Roller cam's don't require a break in but the rings still need it along with the bearings.
Breaking in your rings just requires varied engine speeds with no load, rpms at highest oil pressure which usually is around 2200 on a sbc.
If you're not sure about the fuel delivery and don't want to worry about washing the cylinder walls; jack up the rear wheels and put the axle on stands, run the car in 1st gear with 2000rpm, should be around 15-23mph, and if you want to induce a little stability and engine load use the ebrake. Obviously don't go fast but doing suddle things like this can assure that the motor goes into closed loop in a few minutes (depending on how long it takes for motor to warm up). Don't stand infront of the vehicle while you're doing this, just in case. Watch oil pressure, it's very important on an engine break in. Do this for 15-20 minutes to make certain the rings seat and things are audibly safe and sound. Next change the oil and filter, check for excessive metal shavings. Replace oil and filter (filling it before install) use a pf1218 or pf35, bigger is better when it comes to oil filters. Take the car for a drive keeping it under 4500rpm for at least a couple hundered miles. After that you're free to drive it hard. Some say 500 miles but that's just a safety figure, rings will seat WELL before that, even flat hyd cams should break in within the first 20 minutes of operation.
I did my break in and had to stop the engine after oil on the headers started to smoke a little too much and the TPS was wired backwards = LOTS of fuel. Fixed problem, restarted and continued to break the motor in, no problems. Then I took the car for it's 540 mile drive break in. Did it all within 9 hours , had to get back to school.

 

lol thats awesome it probably was mine,

 

that is quite a detailed explanation, i will mention somethign to roy before i pick it up, maybe he can do some of that... when i get it, im looking at a 400 miles drive home first, i was goign to change the oil right when i get back, then just drive it under 4500 rpms for like 1000 miles?

 

Oh yeah, one more very important thing; prime the oil pump!!!
Use a drill and run the oil pump before starting the motor. This way you fill the oil filter and so when the engine fires the bearings will be all nice and ready.