Finally stepped on my new 09 GT

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04-03-2009, 01:28 PM

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cobrakiller347

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Make sure during break in you try to vary the revs a good amount. If you're gonna go a whole bunch of highway driving and stay at a constant speed, I would recommend against it. Unless you plan on doing a lot of downshifting and accelerating :-)

okay then ill just keep doing wat i am its like 15-30 miles a day city and 10 miles on the highway

04-03-2009, 01:32 PM

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okay then ill just keep doing wat i am its like 15-30 miles a day city and 10 miles on the highway

You've probably already been told, but you should change your oil after the first 500 miles as well. Royal Purple FTW :-D

04-03-2009, 01:38 PM

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You've probably already been told, but you should change your oil after the first 500 miles as well. Royal Purple FTW :-D

ya nobody told me that but i already knew. why royal purple is that the best??

04-03-2009, 01:53 PM

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IMO it's the best you can get. A lot of people use it. It's good stuff. I drove like 10k miles on the stuff with 0 problems lol I shouldn't have driven that long, but I get busy and put things off and one thing lead to an other and I ended up going quite a distance on the same oil.

04-03-2009, 02:00 PM

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okay thanks. i wonder how much metal shavings will be in the oil?

04-05-2009, 11:17 AM

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I had a 318/5.2L and modded it pretty extensively. About as difficult to get 400hp out of those engines as our 281/4.6. We have the advantage of MUCH better head design and that's where it's at. It takes a crazy cam and LOTS of head work to generate 400hp out of the 318. I think with this new C&L intake and a few more years of aftermarket we'll be able to generate 400hp (or close to it) n/a out of the 4.6 3V n/a. Believe it... or NOT! lol

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Yeah no kidding. I was reading an article yesterday about the 318 they put in the dart. It was a "grocery getter". Couldn't even hold a candle stock for stock vs. the little 281 they put in these cars.

Now mod the crap out of the 318? Might be a different story.