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Perfectlap (and others),
To answer you, my considered (and some say considerable)
advice is to never, ever run an engine hard or at high
rpm from dead cold.
As you must know -- even if you went to government (public)
schools (not a slam, I did, too) -- metals expand and contract
as they heat and cool. And different metals do so at different
rates.
You engine has aluminum parts, steel parts, plastic parts in
all sorts of places. Steel piston rings on aluminum pistons,
aluminum block, steel rods and crank, etc. And none of these
are sized to run at their optimum performance until they are
at their designed, optimum temperature.
And that goes for your oil as well. It is the lifeblood of the
engine and needs to be at full operatiing temperature before
really getting after it.
it is heated and cooled by a water to oil heat exchanger and
will closely follow the water temp on your gauge. Personally,
I let the coolant get up to temp and give it a few more minutes
before any full throttle use. As it is heating up, I keep it below
2,000 for a while and slowly to 3,000 or so until it has reached
full operating temperature.
But that's just me.
- Mark
PS: I apologize for mis- typing "guesss" on that last post. Clearly
I meant "guess." Sorry.
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