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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 03:54 PM
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i know a friend that does the following:
follow the manufacture recommended break in procedure to the T. then once that is over, he takes it to the track (road course) and drives the piss out of it.

he did the same with over 10 cars and his cars consitently dyno at a higher hp than other cars.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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i did the full throttle accelerations at around 200 miles...a bit late
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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I did full throttle accel at 80 miles. Seems to be running fine
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 98CoupeV6
I did full throttle accel at 80 miles. Seems to be running fine
you lost 1000 miles from your engine's life
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Grifter
you lost 1000 miles from your engine's life
:rofl: I'm probably down to 834,500 miles now.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sirg-vtec
fixed text.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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i know u said u were gonna post this, but its too long for me to read
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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FWIW aircraft piston engines do the full throttle break in :dunno:
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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i just rebuilt my engine, good info for me
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