That is sounding very nice. Interesting running in technique; can’t remember how I ran in the Pinto on my kit car but certainly wasn’t like that 😊. Was half expecting to see you drop the oil; I was interested in seeing the colour / content. Hope you don’t make too much power for the class on the dyno. Looking forward to the next episode!
I actually had some clips of me dropping the oil and refilling it etc, but in all honesty, when I added them in, it really brought the pace down of what felt like an otherwise fairly snappy vid! The Oils been dropped 3 times now, and it's come out looking perfect each time with no bits in it :D
Really been digging your videos bud. Top quality stuff! I'm going to be breaking in my engine as well so I'm looking forward to this process. Should be fun :) Was curious though as I've seen on forums people do hard "break in's", but they didn't put fully synthetic in till the 1000 mile mark. Does your break in process really bed the rings in that quickly?? If so, winner winner, chicken dinner 🎉
Lots of over run, I had never heard that before, I always babied my Mini engines which probably explains why they always smoked a tad even when new..... It still sounds nice and revvy ( is that a word ? ) for a stroker in fact it sounds awesome , cant wait to see it on the dyno 👍🏼
yup, going soft on them is a big cause of smokey engines. A friend once built a 1.8t and ran it in gently on fully synthetic oil, and it was the most smokey oil burning piece of crap you'd ever known! The stroker feels incredible. It still revs really freely, and the low down torque is night and day different. Very happy so far!
YES!!!! So glad you got this up and running again, you're doing a great job sticking with it and pushing through whatever sh*t is thrown at you, good on you, keep at it and i'll keep watching, so will others, fantastic!
@@TeamPrawnRacing I and others look forward to it! can't wait to see you get back into the racing, so much commitment. I plan to eventually make my mk7 golf r a track car in the future, just extremely costly lol...
You inspired me so much to do the same to my MK1 Cupra R, it's being built as we speak so, much appreciated for the video how to run it in properly. Amazing sounds as well. With the 3x oil changes before 300 miles, is that 3x oil filter as well?
Hi Nick, did you use the Millers stuff 3 times or twice? Up to 25 miles, 25-125 & 125-300ish? And is the process of lots of revs, lots of overrun applicable after 125 miles too, or just for the first couple of oil changes? Also, would you recommend bleeding coolant etc. on first startup just as quick as possible and then start driving? Great video by the way
Hi Chris. 3 lots of CRO in my case yes. The over run etc. Is most important. In the first 100 miles or so, but generally continued until the 250 mark or so as it can't hurt. Coolant wise. I bleed it as best I can before first start, and take a 5L bottle of water with me on the first drive
Previous engine lasted 4 years of hard abuse, 3 of which at over 500bhp before turning it down last year for racing. It died after suffering severe fuel starvation at Silverstone earlier in the year causing a cracked block. More details in videos on the channel, take a look if you'd like to see more ☺️
On next video can you tell us reasons for 5/40 over 10/50 i wouldnt run 10/50 in mine either. heard opinions on why I should but would like to hear yours
@@TeamPrawnRacing thank you looking forward to next video as ever. You will have heard it many times but the girl sounds well louder and better for it imo although I am sure track regs may want it reigned in a little the sound on over-run is fantastic definitely up there with the best sounding straight 4 ever!!
ok so I NEED to ask, I heard that you shouldn't ever run mineral oil as it gunks the pickup and then you risk oil starvation etc but also why use mineral over synth for run in does it have better quality for picking up particles or any debri? thanks for the response in advance -a budding mechanic with a want for knowledge!
the issue is, when an engine is brand new, you're relying on the rings forming a really good seal to the bore. If there is too much protection from the off (as there is with a fully synthetic oil) the rings don't SCRAPE up and down the bore, finding their home. they'll just glide across the surface and never really find their fit in the same way. Cheap mineral oils naturally offer less protection by nature, or you can use something like Millers CRO which has additives in specially intended to aid the bedding in process
it needed extra fuel right from the start. The capacity increase was 8%, so I started by adding 8%, and removed 3 degrees of timing across the map to be safe before it goes on the dyno
@@TeamPrawnRacing - only asking as im about to do engine rebuild , and do same break in process ,, jus wondered if you use same map as it was on. Before
@@ungbung1 The filter on the A3 is a large ProRam unit. Tried and tested to over 500bhp, but they also do a bigger one again if you're compensating for something :P
Who said 20vt dont have character! Sounds incredible 👍🏼
Thanks for the knowledge! It certainly does sound a bit louder than before...lolol
So good to see you smiling again nick! The car sounds angry can't wait to see it on the track 👍😁
thanks for the link and il have a good read of it later, good to see it back up and running and i can't wait to see the difference the stroker makes.
Make sure you tune in next week to see it on the dyno :D
Sounds unreal... So angry 😍 Can't wait to hear mine. Nice work 👍🏻
The expression @ 8:30 says it all.
on the road again👍👍👍
Excellent video and sharing of knowledge as ever
That was really informative and interesting video Nick🤙
The motor sounds mint and will be an absolute weapon on track so best is yet to come!
Thanks Hristo! 2 weeks today we are racing again, and we can't wait!
Quality can't go wrong with badger5 what a beast bud 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
That is sounding very nice. Interesting running in technique; can’t remember how I ran in the Pinto on my kit car but certainly wasn’t like that 😊. Was half expecting to see you drop the oil; I was interested in seeing the colour / content. Hope you don’t make too much power for the class on the dyno. Looking forward to the next episode!
I actually had some clips of me dropping the oil and refilling it etc, but in all honesty, when I added them in, it really brought the pace down of what felt like an otherwise fairly snappy vid!
The Oils been dropped 3 times now, and it's come out looking perfect each time with no bits in it :D
Really been digging your videos bud. Top quality stuff! I'm going to be breaking in my engine as well so I'm looking forward to this process. Should be fun :)
Was curious though as I've seen on forums people do hard "break in's", but they didn't put fully synthetic in till the 1000 mile mark. Does your break in process really bed the rings in that quickly??
If so, winner winner, chicken dinner 🎉
@decimal tenths I’m sure this is your approach. Use the over run/engine braking 👍🏻
sounds great! good job!
Lots of over run, I had never heard that before, I always babied my Mini engines which probably explains why they always smoked a tad even when new..... It still sounds nice and revvy ( is that a word ? ) for a stroker in fact it sounds awesome , cant wait to see it on the dyno 👍🏼
yup, going soft on them is a big cause of smokey engines. A friend once built a 1.8t and ran it in gently on fully synthetic oil, and it was the most smokey oil burning piece of crap you'd ever known!
The stroker feels incredible. It still revs really freely, and the low down torque is night and day different. Very happy so far!
YES!!!! So glad you got this up and running again, you're doing a great job sticking with it and pushing through whatever sh*t is thrown at you, good on you, keep at it and i'll keep watching, so will others, fantastic!
Thanks! We're too far into this now to ever turn back, so we shall plod on regardless of what it throws at us!
@@TeamPrawnRacing I and others look forward to it! can't wait to see you get back into the racing, so much commitment. I plan to eventually make my mk7 golf r a track car in the future, just extremely costly lol...
Awesome mate, super chuffed! Does the G25 appear to come in much earlier with the extra 100cc? Sounds awesome 👌
Brilliant 👏
Sounds decent that
You inspired me so much to do the same to my MK1 Cupra R, it's being built as we speak so, much appreciated for the video how to run it in properly. Amazing sounds as well. With the 3x oil changes before 300 miles, is that 3x oil filter as well?
New filter every time mate 😊
Mega stuff Nick. Looking forward to more racing content again soon. 👍
Cheers Sam, me too! Not long to wait now :D
also run mine in the same no issues
Hi Nick, did you use the Millers stuff 3 times or twice? Up to 25 miles, 25-125 & 125-300ish? And is the process of lots of revs, lots of overrun applicable after 125 miles too, or just for the first couple of oil changes? Also, would you recommend bleeding coolant etc. on first startup just as quick as possible and then start driving? Great video by the way
Hi Chris. 3 lots of CRO in my case yes. The over run etc. Is most important. In the first 100 miles or so, but generally continued until the 250 mark or so as it can't hurt. Coolant wise. I bleed it as best I can before first start, and take a 5L bottle of water with me on the first drive
@@TeamPrawnRacing perfect, appreciate the help Nick. All the best
@Nick did you warm up the engine fully before the beginning of the video?
So I guess the obvious questions are why did you need a new engine and how long did the previous ones last after being ran in like this?
Previous engine lasted 4 years of hard abuse, 3 of which at over 500bhp before turning it down last year for racing. It died after suffering severe fuel starvation at Silverstone earlier in the year causing a cracked block.
More details in videos on the channel, take a look if you'd like to see more ☺️
On next video can you tell us reasons for 5/40 over 10/50 i wouldnt run 10/50 in mine either. heard opinions on why I should but would like to hear yours
I'll try and cover it in a video soon mate! Next weeks video is already filmed and half edited, but I'll make sure I cover it soon :)
@@TeamPrawnRacing thank you looking forward to next video as ever.
You will have heard it many times but the girl sounds well louder and better for it imo although I am sure track regs may want it reigned in a little the sound on over-run is fantastic definitely up there with the best sounding straight 4 ever!!
ok so I NEED to ask, I heard that you shouldn't ever run mineral oil as it gunks the pickup and then you risk oil starvation etc but also why use mineral over synth for run in does it have better quality for picking up particles or any debri?
thanks for the response in advance
-a budding mechanic with a want for knowledge!
the issue is, when an engine is brand new, you're relying on the rings forming a really good seal to the bore. If there is too much protection from the off (as there is with a fully synthetic oil) the rings don't SCRAPE up and down the bore, finding their home. they'll just glide across the surface and never really find their fit in the same way.
Cheap mineral oils naturally offer less protection by nature, or you can use something like Millers CRO which has additives in specially intended to aid the bedding in process
Same map on ecu as before ? Used to run this in, afr good or ?
it needed extra fuel right from the start. The capacity increase was 8%, so I started by adding 8%, and removed 3 degrees of timing across the map to be safe before it goes on the dyno
@@TeamPrawnRacing - only asking as im about to do engine rebuild , and do same break in process ,, jus wondered if you use same map as it was on. Before
Here running it in
How much boost ? And with stroker engine does it make more torque ? than Before
Same process for NA engines too?
Absolutely!
I also need to ask where can I get this air filter from its fkn massive need the same for mine and how can I get mines to sound so good on overrun
Is the air filter aff a truck?
@@ungbung1 The filter on the A3 is a large ProRam unit. Tried and tested to over 500bhp, but they also do a bigger one again if you're compensating for something :P
Sounds angry 😈
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