I haven't seen any advantage to "high milage" oils myself. I still use "normal" oil in both of my running cars (171k RX-7, Castrol GTX 20-50 and 204k Stealth, Castrol GT-X 10-30.) I can only assume the "high milage" oils contain additives to help clog up leaks. With a newly overhauled engine, I'd definately stick with "normal" oil.Yes! If you redline every shift, it will wear out the engine much faster simply because the engine is working much harder over the same milage.

Conversely, I've seen engines with serious issues at low milage because they haven't been tach'ed out, ever. If Grandma drives the car and never takes it over 3k, it will cause a lot of soot and general crap to build up in the engine.

Don't be afraid to rev the car up and bring it to redline a couple times per drive, however don't redline it every other shift. Give the engine a workout once in a while, but don't burn it out. Basically, have fun, but don't go nuts.Well, it really depends on the situation... I can't give you advise on how to shift. If I'm in economy mode, I'll shift as soon as the car will have pull in the next gear (under 2,5k) If I need to get going, I'll top out first and second. Take that as you will.

 

Makes good sense, so you're saying it's not good to let it rev much or high before each shift and to shift it before it revs much normally but DO rev it once or twice during each drive to get out the carbons and junk?

Thanks again for the info and help Kai

 

Pretty much. Don't be a racer boy and don't be a grandma. Each time you drive it, rev it up once in a while but keep it easy for the most part.