Break in period
02-13-2015, 02:35 PM
#11
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: MD
Posts: 625
I learned as a youth that one way or another,speed will get you in trouble.
I'm a geezer now-I enjoy the torque,the sound,the handling,the convertible roof.I'm usually in third by 20 mph. LOL The only time that I'm inclined to wind it out,is when I hit a major highway entrance ramp.I've done enough mechanical work in my life,not looking to create more,and I reckon that I could easily get another ten years out of my old GT,...but I think that I'll be in a 2015 GT soon enough. ;-P
I guess that I'm the complete opposite of the guys on "Street outlaws".
I'm a geezer now-I enjoy the torque,the sound,the handling,the convertible roof.I'm usually in third by 20 mph. LOL The only time that I'm inclined to wind it out,is when I hit a major highway entrance ramp.I've done enough mechanical work in my life,not looking to create more,and I reckon that I could easily get another ten years out of my old GT,...but I think that I'll be in a 2015 GT soon enough. ;-P
I guess that I'm the complete opposite of the guys on "Street outlaws".
02-13-2015, 02:53 PM
#12
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: NY
Posts: 478
Being an 04,it only has one GT badge.When I first got the car,I was tempted to remove the badge,and put on quieter mufflers from a Crown Vic or something.
My own stealthy little sleeper.
Back to the question: I keep engine load and engine speed as mild as I can initially,varying the speed as much as possible.I slowly increase the load and rpms.I do the first OC and filter between 1k and 2k.
My own stealthy little sleeper.
Back to the question: I keep engine load and engine speed as mild as I can initially,varying the speed as much as possible.I slowly increase the load and rpms.I do the first OC and filter between 1k and 2k.
Last edited by Camster; 02-13-2015 at 04:26 PM.
02-14-2015, 09:50 AM
#14
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: TX
Posts: 15
Thanks for all the replies guys. This is some good feedback. I read the manual section on break in period but it didn't cover RPM. Also, I was nowhere near the redline. I think I will be just fine as well. And I do plan on doing an oil change at 1000 miles, switching over to a full synthetic; likely AMSOIL, unless I cheap out and go with Mobil 1.
02-26-2015, 10:22 AM
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 1,491
I've always lived by the mantra of "break it in in the manner you're going to drive it"... which for me means it get's broken in with lots of high revs and hard accelerations. I've done this on all my motorcycles in my old 08 GT/CS.
I'm very close to pulling the trigger on a 2015 GT and will do the same with that.
I'm very close to pulling the trigger on a 2015 GT and will do the same with that.
03-03-2015, 01:18 PM
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany
Posts: 1,418
My first GT I bought in Germany in 2008. First trip from picking it up was to check where the governor topped out at on the autobahn. Found the governor to be 149 or 150 in 4th gear with 3.31. Best new car test drive ever, you don't get to test drive them when you buy from the military car store, just get to look at the fancy manual.
03-03-2015, 02:37 PM
#19
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: MD
Posts: 625
Look man, everybody has there opinion , some people do this, some people do that, I'm old school and I broke mine in like you want to do, kinda like the manual says, don't want to fu--k anything up, Have fun and enjoy your Mustang
