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Darkhorse845

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twenty8eight said:
Well, picked up my lovely black on black GT Monday...
What else can I say..I am in love...

(my wife likes it also...)
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Congrats! Black stangs own!
 
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twenty8eight

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Darkhorse845 said:
Congrats! Black stangs own!
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I agree...I also have a 93 GT Convertible...(It's for sale now though...)

www.alwaysrecord.com/stang.htm
 

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Vensem said:
You can read the manual online at: http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/timeline/05/05/2005MustangOwnersManual.pdf
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How does that guy get every-freakin'-thing!!!????
 

Tmack

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351CJ said:
Try not to drive for long periods of time at the same speed for the 1st 1,000 miles. You can run it right up to red-line if you want.
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That’s exactly right. Don't go on a long road trip until you have over 1 to 2k miles.
 

Houstonnw

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Interesting that there is nothing about revs in the Mustang owners manual. My 2004 LS430 with a 4.3 liter V8 had "required" keeping less than 4K rpm during the first 1200 miles. (Yeah, I'm an old fart )

My buddies 2004 Porsche Carrera 4S "required" less than 4200 rpm for the first 2K miles.

Why wouldn't Ford suggest a rpm limit for the new Mustang? Not typical IMO.
 

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Darkhorse845 said:
Be easy on it for the first 1000 miles so,the ring seals seat
properly! It's worth it!
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if you are talking about the piston rings, being easy on it is not what you want to do. the higher cumbustion pressure applied to the rings during hard acceleration helps push the rings against the cylinder wall thus seating them better. from what i've researched the first 20 miles or so are critical for this. I would recomend that you drive it hard at varying engine rpm's for the first 30 miles and then drive it regularly at varying rpms for the next 2000 miles as much as possible. but take it easy on the clutch and brakes till they seat after a few hundred miles. there is more than one school of thought on this subject but i am basing my ideas on my education as a trained motorcycle technician (old profession, now a communications/navigation specialist). the research i have done suports this idea of breaking in an engine but please do more research of your own. also please excuse any spelling errors as i am just coming back from the local pub.
 

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zinn said:
if you are talking about the piston rings, being easy on it is not what you want to do. the higher cumbustion pressure applied to the rings during hard acceleration helps push the rings against the cylinder wall thus seating them better. from what i've researched the first 20 miles or so are critical for this.
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There you go! A well-reasoned excuse to drive it how you really want to!
 
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