My friend went over to my house last week to adjust my rockers. I pulled a few plugs to help me turn the crank a little easier, I noticed a few had oil on the threads. Does this mean that my motor still needs to break in? I dont think my engine has had more than 500 miles on the new setup, that I can recall I might have drove it only a handful of times to and from work which is like a 20 mile drive. My car has been sitting for about a year since its first start. To break in the motor I varied the RPMs to about 3500 for the start up, then gradually took the motor to 6300 over the next few days. Last time I had the car on was to get some dyno #'s. anything to worry about, becuase Im almost done working out the bugs and I want to spray the **** out of it?

 

Can you post a pic?

 

I dont have a pic, but only a few threads had oil on them. The strap and center weren't fouled, and the ceramics were a little tanned which is a good sign. Just wondering becuase I want to spray the car, but I dont know if its safe yet. here's what it looks like, but only the threads not the upper part of the plug nor the center where it fires. BTW that's not my plug its just a pic to show the oil on threads.

 

If it's not on the electrode yet is on the end of the threads towards the electrode then yes you could have an oil consumption issue. Probably small enough to where oil is still burning off yet accumulates around the cooler part of the combustion chamber like the end of the spark plug threads.
Do a leak down or even a compression test.

 

I would say a little is ok, but that does seem a bit heavy for a fresh motor.

How big of a ring gap are you running?

I think I was .028 / .032 on mine and while I burned some oil I did not have that much on the plugs.

 

I dont remember the ring gap off hand, but I know I had the machine shop setup the rings for nitrous use as per the SRP specs.