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350 sbc brake in question


Need to brake in a freshly built 350 and my question is would it be a problem to do the brake -in   procedure with out the tranny being hooked up ? , basically with 

just the ring gear and no load on the engine. thx in advance



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I'm thinking it should be fine. See the attached link on some of the break in stands the members have with engines in them.

canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t64334989/engine-break-in-stand/


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Most break in stands have no transmission so you should be good to go. Pics or video required though.

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gennaro wrote:

Need to brake in a freshly built 350 and my question is would it be a problem to do the brake -in   procedure with out the tranny being hooked up ? , basically with 

just the ring gear and no load on the engine. thx in advance


       just wondering    why not put in the car ?    



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I assume you are talking break in as in cam and lifters. No reason why not since it's just a high idle run for an extended period.

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Thanks for the replies fellas, here's my situation , Ive got a fresh 350 with a 700 tranny attached to my 60 Parisienne vert. with no front clip attached yet . I had the car in for body work when i found out my body man left town . I got a email from his ex wife to come and pick up the car or loose it. When i showed up the car was sitting outside, poorly covered with a beat up tarp. Anyway i got the car back with almost all the parts. Needles to say i was pretty upset.Thinking i was gonna get a finished car back , Ive been working on it for 10 yrs or so now. I decided i had enough and time to sell, but decided to take out the 350 and 700 and use them in my pick up. I have a stock 283 and powerglide to put back in the 60. So before i remove it im gonna beak it in, since its firmly attached and have easy access to it. The 700 has no lines attached so i thought of just disconnecting the TC and just leave the ring gear attached for the break in . Thats where im at, but i have to say im having second thoughts about selling , gonna see what happens .

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