Starting a rebuilt 440 thats been sitting

ethan santin said

Hello fabo

My father has had a freshly built flat tappet 440 sitting in his charger for 17 years, all of the fluids, pumps primed, and set up have just been complete, i am expecting complete failure upon break in, what are your guys thoughts.

Thank you for reading
Ethan

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I think that if it sat that long the only thing i would worry bout is the cam.. i would pull the intake and slather lube all over it again.. then prime the pump and fire it up.. no reason to even worry bout the rest of it (someone will point out something i'm missing though)