any of u guys try this?
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any of u guys try this?
I wouldn't recomment it. Breaking in your engine the hard way could damage it in the long run, not really help it.
If you know how materials (in this case metal) look under a microscope you would know that there are like small hills and valleys and putting too much pressure on your engine could make those hills wear out uneveny and too much. In other words, like one guy once said on one of the forums - your car breaks in faster but not necessary properly.
With the new engines (read: materials) there's no need to break the car in for like 10k miles (like old cars), 3k should be more than enough.
Just my $0.02
If you know how materials (in this case metal) look under a microscope you would know that there are like small hills and valleys and putting too much pressure on your engine could make those hills wear out uneveny and too much. In other words, like one guy once said on one of the forums - your car breaks in faster but not necessary properly.
With the new engines (read: materials) there's no need to break the car in for like 10k miles (like old cars), 3k should be more than enough.
Just my $0.02
well i never knew about that web page but i always broke in all my motors the hard way take the first 600miles easy then open up that 4-barrel (back in the camaro days )or now a days spool that bitc* up or for the N/a cars like my reg Lancer beat the shi* out of it i broke my Lancer in this way at 650mi i took it for one LONG beater ride from Mass to North carolina beating this car to the ground and i mean beating it and now i have 30K and she is running as smoother and stronger than she did when i went for that vacation and most my friends noticed a huge differance also so i was not crazy . but u guys do it how ya want thats just my way of doing things
This topic has been posted and discussed before.
It is really hard to say for a fact that it is good or bad. I can say from experience that cars I've broken in hard are stronger running over time. Back in the day I had a stock 5.0 Mustang that I broke in REAL HARD right off the lot (back in 1988). It was always known in my area as one of the best running stock 5.0's...turning better et's. I sold it when it had 150,000 miles and it still ran like it was new. I know several '03 cobra owners that were racing their cars days after buying them and their dyno #'s are in the upper level for a stock Cobra, BUT I've also seen cars in the upper level in hp #'s that were broken in easy.
With my Evo I kept it under 5000-5500 rpm until about 600 miles...
It is really hard to say for a fact that it is good or bad. I can say from experience that cars I've broken in hard are stronger running over time. Back in the day I had a stock 5.0 Mustang that I broke in REAL HARD right off the lot (back in 1988). It was always known in my area as one of the best running stock 5.0's...turning better et's. I sold it when it had 150,000 miles and it still ran like it was new. I know several '03 cobra owners that were racing their cars days after buying them and their dyno #'s are in the upper level for a stock Cobra, BUT I've also seen cars in the upper level in hp #'s that were broken in easy.
With my Evo I kept it under 5000-5500 rpm until about 600 miles...
