How many miles are on ur EVO
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I'm somewhere around 12,500 or 12,800. I'll check this evening when I arrive at home. Mostly it's the 50 mile a day commute (25 each way), plus a couple of beautiful trips to San Francisco up PCH. Apparently I set a couple of land speed records on one of the trips - I had the local law enforcement document it (an official 99mph). That would be the first one my Solo S2 has misssed 
-Josh
Oh - and that's since March 5th
-Josh
Oh - and that's since March 5th
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How many people used "gentle break-in techniques? This has become controversial as many are saying that contemporary engines need to be run hard early on in order to ensure proper ring seating.
Originally posted by Cordwood
How many people used "gentle break-in techniques? This has become controversial as many are saying that contemporary engines need to be run hard early on in order to ensure proper ring seating.
How many people used "gentle break-in techniques? This has become controversial as many are saying that contemporary engines need to be run hard early on in order to ensure proper ring seating.
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From: Danville/Blackhawk, California
Originally posted by Sano
sounds like you are having too much fun
can anybody beat 10,000 miles on a evo 8
sounds like you are having too much fun
can anybody beat 10,000 miles on a evo 8
For break-in, we recommend, draining the Mobil 1 synthetic oil the car came with and replacing it with standard non-synthetic. After 5000 miles or so, go back to a good synethic like Redline or Royal Purple. The cars that have broken in on regular oil have consistently made 10 wheel hp more (on our dyno) than the ones that ran on the factory oil. They also don't burn any oil.
Cheers,
Shiv
Last edited by shiv@vishnu; Jul 7, 2003 at 02:26 PM.
man, I have 3800 now... I have changed the oil once already w/ synthetic.... I wish I knew this before...oh well, back to synthetic... Royal Purple... what weight/model?
-shahul
-shahul
Originally posted by shiv@vishnu
For break-in, we recommend, draining the Mobil 1 synthetic oil the car came with and replacing it with standard non-synthetic. After 5000 miles or so, go back to a good synethic like Redline or Royal Purple. The cars that have broken in on regular oil have consistently made 10 wheel hp more (on our dyno) than the ones that ran on the factory oil. They also don't burn any oil.
For break-in, we recommend, draining the Mobil 1 synthetic oil the car came with and replacing it with standard non-synthetic. After 5000 miles or so, go back to a good synethic like Redline or Royal Purple. The cars that have broken in on regular oil have consistently made 10 wheel hp more (on our dyno) than the ones that ran on the factory oil. They also don't burn any oil.
Bought it 6/18/03, had only 10 miles on the odometer, as of today I've got over 3600 miles, will need the first oil change before the week is over, man I love driving this car.
Originally posted by shiv@vishnu
Yep.. We got 10,800 miles on our EVO
For break-in, we recommend, draining the Mobil 1 synthetic oil the car came with and replacing it with standard non-synthetic. After 5000 miles or so, go back to a good synethic like Redline or Royal Purple. The cars that have broken in on regular oil have consistently made 10 wheel hp more (on our dyno) than the ones that ran on the factory oil. They also don't burn any oil.
Cheers,
Shiv
Yep.. We got 10,800 miles on our EVO
For break-in, we recommend, draining the Mobil 1 synthetic oil the car came with and replacing it with standard non-synthetic. After 5000 miles or so, go back to a good synethic like Redline or Royal Purple. The cars that have broken in on regular oil have consistently made 10 wheel hp more (on our dyno) than the ones that ran on the factory oil. They also don't burn any oil.
Cheers,
Shiv
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Originally posted by ericomundo
Shiv, I've got around 300 miles on the car already. Do you recommend swapping the oil out for non-synthetic at this point? But won't this void the warranty???
Shiv, I've got around 300 miles on the car already. Do you recommend swapping the oil out for non-synthetic at this point? But won't this void the warranty???
As for a sample size, all three cars that have been broken in on non-sythetic have made ~200 wheel hp stock on our dyno. The others have made 185-190 wheel hp with one outliner as low as 165 wheel hp. I suspect the same size will grow as more people try this approach.
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shiv
I would assume that the increased friction allows the rings to seat and scrub in better? By the way Shiv, I had a quick question for you, actually two questions. Does the Xede raise the rev limit and when do stage 1 and stage 2 come out?
