Hi,

I have been reading these forums for a couple of months now, and I am finally getting my Evo. I am pretty excited as this is my first car I am buying all by myself.

I have read a few things on break in, but nothing too specific. Is there anything I should know? When do you think I should do the first oil change? Some people have said to do it relatively soon (under 1K miles or even sooner) and other people said I can wait until the first scheduled one. The one I am getting only has 2.3 miles on it now so I don't want to mess it up!

Thanks for the help in advance, and I am glad I can be a part of this great community now!

 

Congrats......You wont be dissappointed......

 

Yea, I really can't be coming from my boat of an old car, a 94 Chrysler Concorde, and with the deal I got through work. I saved $1,750 under invoice.

 

Nice beater. haha

Breaking in... tons of threads on this, but I'll tell you how I did it.

Take it easy - keepthe engine under 5k rpm's for the first 600 miles (I know it seems like forever when you're doing it, but it really does go by fast)

Change the oil @ 600 miles then at regular intervals as usual.

My two cents.

 

Where do you live and in CT and what dealer are you getting it from??? Good luck with it and I might be heading to the pike next weekend so let me know!!



I just beat on the car as soon as i got it i have never had a problem i have had 4 evos and never broke them in and they all ran fine haha

 

There's like a million different ways to break in ur car from the opinion of different people. What I did, I drove it normal without going above 5k rpm, while varrying the rpms as much as possible. Also, when I got the chance, I would spool the turbo up a much as I could without flooring it. I did that for 1k miles and changed the oil. I did a compression test at 5k miles and everything seemed to have seated in quite nicely.

 

I am getting it from Schaller in New Britain. I am from Norwalk, and will be in Ellington in December. I will be in Springfield, MA temporarily until then however.

 

congrats man, I'm jealous.

 

After driving this car, all I can say is WOW. I can't wait until the first 1000 miles are over so I can really see what she can do.

 

congrats on the car! on my (old) IX MR and my new EB IX i stayed under 4100 RPMS(babied) and changed the oil at 1000 and they run like a charm and made great power! goodluck with the EVO! i remember how excited i was when i got my VIII it was the best day of my life!