Originally Posted by Buyimports2
Yeah.....don't do what the old man does. I'm too lazy to search, but proper engine break-in is about 1000 miles I believe. Try not to go above 3k rpm's to start. Every couple hundred miles or so, increase how high you rev, eventually getting to redline at around 1k miles.
And if you do another search ( I believe it's on here...) There have been quite a few articles regarding driving it hard on a fresh engine to seat the rings and such properly...
The new cars I've had ( 0 miles, so the 2 of them ) I've driven off the lot and drove it hard on and off within the first couple thousand miles.. No problems yet and both of them have close to 30-40K miles... Just make sure you do proper/scheduled maintenance and the fluids and such are at optimum levels and you'll be fine...
Originally Posted by sherwood
the only thing i can think of is don't punch it on a cold engine. if you want to take it easy on the car go right ahead but there are alot of people who drive it off the lot like they stole it and have no problems
Werd, I see all these idiot ricers start there car and rev... :no: They don't seem to realize when they do that the oils/fluids haven't properly started lubricating the engine... Let the car warm up a bit first before driving