Best way to break in new car

blacksheep06

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Any recommendations for breaking in a new 06 GT?

 

bigcat

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you are going to get everything form drive it like you stole it to baby it and keep it under 2000 rpm. peoples opinons vary so greatly here on this topic. many also believe that you dont need a "break-in period", because the factory breaks them in before it ever goes into a car.

i say do it like you want, its your car. use your best judgement.

 

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Big cats right, I think there is not a specific way to break in a vehicle. I have one thing i follow and that is to use regular 5w20 oil t'il I have about 10000 miles and then I start using synthetic. I dont know who would believe a brand new engine is already broken in by the factory. An engine needs about 12000 miles for everything to set properly. As long as you change the oil regularly, you cant go wrong.:nice

 

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Most engines don't really need a break in anymore, but the rest of the car does. Drive it normal for 500 or so miles and then you should be ready to let things rip.

 

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all engines need break in. that is why a vehicle performs better the more miles are put on. It has better gas mileage etc... The tolerances might be tighter but it takes a while for engine components to settle.

 

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take it to the track lol

 

Fast05

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Break in

I just progressively went harder and harder on mine... I put about 250 miles on it the first day just driving around! I didn't redline mine until i had about 1000 miles on it and didn't start banging gears and poping the clutch hard until there were about 2500 miles on it. I know it's just my opinion, but come on, i don't think you need to baby a 300 hp sports car after buying it. I'm sure if anything on my car was going to break it would have done so by now, as I am at 25k problem and worry free miles (except the gas tank ). If I had to do it all over again I woulda left the dealership with the tires up in smoke

Just my .02

 

dmaxstang

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The Only way to break your stang in is...

One of two ways. #1 Drive it just slow enough to not get ticketed, but get to that speed fastest possible or
#2 Drive it just fast enough that the cops don't feel like chas'n ya.
IMO, #2 works, let those ponies out of the coral. Oh yeah, and if you can do it, track it up.

 

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Well, when I got my 05, I asked the same question at the dealership, this is what he said: Doesn't need it...just don't get caught. So the first week I had it...I did'nt get caught. Teehee!:SNSign:

 

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beat on it. thats what i did. my dad drove me down to get it in his cammed 95 silverado shortbed shortcab. on the way back i drove normally for like 20 miles, then he started instigating me. so that was it. racing my dad all the way back to his house. he couldnt pass me, but that silverado is fast as hell for a truck.

 

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Whenever you're in the city rev the engine up to maybe 4.5-5K RPM (in gear) and then completely let off, this will more effectively seat the piston rings. In the long run I doubt it matters, they break engines in at factories nowadays anyhow.

 

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Ara said:

... they break engines in at factories nowadays anyhow.

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Agreed. It's all said and done by the time you take delivery of it, only takes several minutes to seat the rings. It's up to you to break it in if you had zero miles on the odometer, but it won't.... maybe 4+ miles at the least?

 

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I just took it easy on mine for the first 1000 miles. I did some highway and some city driving and drove like normal, I was just careful not to hammer on it until after 1k miles.

 

SinCityVogel

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Stang066 said:

all engines need break in. that is why a vehicle performs better the more miles are put on. It has better gas mileage etc... The tolerances might be tighter but it takes a while for engine components to settle.

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Engines are not broken in at the factory.
It is important that you heat and cool the engine so that rings, seals, and other parts of the car have time to whare properly.

You should put at least put 500 mi on before you go "balls to the wall" .

Chang oil at 500mi use synthetic.
If it were me I would also change trany oil.

 

351CJ

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blacksheep06 said:

Any recommendations for breaking in a new 06 GT?

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Throw a brick through the driver's window and you'll break into it in under 10 seconds.

The engines are run up to max RPM under full load on a test dyno at the engine plant before they are shipped to the final ass'y plant. So those of you who say not to step on it for 500 or 1,000 miles don't understand that your engine has already been beat on before it was ever installed in your Mustang.

Your Mustang has also been run up to 70 - 80 MPH on a rear wheel dyno at the end of the assembly line.

The bottom line is "Read the f'in manual". As stated in the manual the only break in precautions are not to drive at a constant speed for any length of time and go easy on the brakes for the 1st 1,000 miles until the pads are worn in a bit.