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Originally Posted by J Franklin
I don't think your story is too useful to most new model A owners.They should drive more conservatively and keep the engines going longer.
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So I have been trying to break my engine, it's been over 30 years--- speeds over 60 all day, 3rd gear starts, long parade in first at very slow idle, constantly using full throttle, -- the next day after new Babbitt I knew it would go 67, it's the first engine I poured my own, how will I know how good I did if I don't try to break it--- the engine I paid to have done before was carefully broken in, after 500 miles it wasn't driven over 50, it only lasted 3000 miles till Babbitt failure---- if you have to drive it easy to "save the Babbitt" it wasn't done correctly