Proceeded with the break in today.Everything went pretty well up to the 15 minute mark when those blue flames melted the alt's sensing wire and shorted out the ign circuit which then killed the engine. Once I got it fixed I discovered that the starter crapped out. When I removed the band parts of brushes fell out, so it was toast.I didn't run the starter long as the engine caught pretty quickly so I'm not sure what happened but atleast it got the engine started.

I installed a 180 thermostat and duct taped the water hoses to the new radiator hoses. I put an inline water on/off valve at the lower radiator hose connection so I could control cold water flow into the engine. It didn't take long for the thermostat to open up and circulate the hot water out.

The alt charged and the engine settled down to 35 psi on th eoil pressure. Water temp stayed at 180 on the gauge.

I know 20 minutes is the standard for cam break in so I'm going to think on whether I'll run it again on the stand or start preparing for the swap.
If I do run it on the stand again I'll use a metal shield/deflector between those headers and the block/wireing.
Blue Flame I rekon grin
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