400 BB build issues

YIKES! Is all I can say, that engine compartment looks like a fire waiting to happen clean up the wiring, that aside, you need that car road ready to break it in.. why you don't have a fan on it is beyond me.. I would never fire up a motor with out one..

like said car road ready, last time I broke in a fresh motor, I started it up, got fuel pressure shut it down, fixed the leaks, filled the coolant, fired it, let it idle to set the base timing, right to 2,000 rpms with the idle screw for 15 minutes, shut it down let it cool, and then changed the oil. fired it up, and drove it, for 10 minutes easing into full throttle to seat the rings, boom it was ready to rock! Changed the oil at 50 miles, then 500 miles, then 2,500 miles, then 4,000 miles - went to RP synthetic 10/30

buy one of these funnels to bleed the cooling system.. It works great!

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/lil-24680