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Originally Posted by bling5tatus
Out of curiosity... why not?
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It works too good. It won't allow proper seating and wear of the rings as the fresh motor breaks in. Conventional oil allows for the hone of the cylinder to 'file' the rings and get a perfect fit. It has nothing to do with the oils viscosity as previously stated.
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Then i'll retract that statement even though a gentleman with 40 years of high preformance taught me that, but i'll stand behind babying the hell out of the thing.
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Don't baby it at all. You break the motor in under the same conditions you'll be using the motor. If it's a street/strip car, you break it in that way.
It's common with a high-power street/race motor to be run for 10-20 minutes to clean out the assembly lube and what not, change the oil, and go straight to the dyno. This has never been an issue for anyone of the motors we've built/installed/etc.
The gentleman with 40 years of experience has an old-school mindset. I'm sure he also believes cherry-bomb mufflers, quadrajets, flat-tappet cams are the way of the future....Where 300hp at the crank is ALOT. lol