First oil change and spark plug check "any advice?"

[ottawamerc]

Hi guys

I did the first oil change on the engine today after about 100-150 KM, 60- 80 Miles. I was happy to NOT see anything in the filter media when I cut it open and only thing on the magnetic drain plug was a gooey substance kinda like RTV silicone which I assume is just the lube used during assembly but no sign of any metals Looks like my cam made it Hell yeah!!!! I pulled a plug (#7) to do a compression and visual check. Compression was 174 PSI and the plug looked like this: Still no hard runs yet, only to about 1/2 throttle.

Any advice from the gurus here as to how it looks?

[ws23rt]

Only 80mi to your first oil change? That is Conservative. Your check of the oil filter and drain plug says no problem yet. I get that you are concerned about the cam breaking in. I always wonder that myself when starting a new engine. If it was not doing well right from the git go I would think you would see something in the oil. Even if there was a bit of glitter to be found I would not panic. That is why they call it breaking in and what oil filters are for.
The pic of a spark plug is hard to read. To many things involved. Looks ok but not an indicator of engine break which is what I get to be your immediate concern. And would be mine. I would start driving and work on any other issues that come up to get the engine purring.