Conti challenge Daytona round #1

Originally Posted by Fishey

Brand new motor I am going to guess it never turned a single RPM before that startup so its to be expected since the rings have not set at all. When you break the motors in you do it on the track. Unless you have a good mappable engine dyno to put them through there paces but lets face it. This isn't DP racing so the cost of doing so is just prohibitive.

Originally Posted by Sh0velMan

No doubt.

It's a completely new engine? Wow. Catastrophic failure then, I suppose?

Originally Posted by Fishey

Well, the old engine let go at 8,000ish RPM at the connecting rod. So you can imagine the damage it did to the motor. Hopefully, the heads on that motor will be alright but from what I hear it was pretty catastrophic.