How long should you wait before your first street race?
05-31-2006, 10:54 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
Well the road was open.. no I pulled outta a store that was on a road that leaded to a freeway.. it was clear and I made sure of it to the best of my ability.
I was paranoid after but DAYUM it was fun smokin his ****.
I was paranoid after but DAYUM it was fun smokin his ****.
05-31-2006, 10:59 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
I have 800 miles on mine and started playing with it at about 400 miles. I can tell at this point that it is more broken in at this point. She has gotten a bit quicker, milage has increased a bit. Car is smoother in general. But dont run it like a baby when new. Use common sense, but running it hard at times will ensure proper break in.
Once I hit 1000 I am confident she is broken in nicely.
Once I hit 1000 I am confident she is broken in nicely.
05-31-2006, 11:22 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
take it to the track. im going this thursday to irwindale speedway 20 bucks all the runs you can get in. its a 1/8 mile track my best time so far is 9.0 so you can come race me i love keeping up with stock gt's. its a much better rush then killing some one on the street. but thats just my opinion. and when i say kill i mean it family and all.
06-02-2006, 10:15 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
i waited til about 1k mi. i got it in sept 2004, so for a while it wasn't people "racing" me, so much as "gawking" at my car. its a good thing /martha stewart
06-02-2006, 10:19 PM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
I'm approaching 1,000 miles and I haven't tached it up yet. I've kept it under 2500 rpm for the most part and have driven very gently. I'm as worried about wrecking into something as I am about damaging the drivechain in some way, really. I don't feel comfortable enough yet with the car as a whole to be pushing it hard yet.
This talk about driving it easy being bad for break-in is BS IMO, at the worst, it only delays the break in until you do eventually decide to run it out hard a few times. I'm prepared to live with that rather than risk something worse.
This talk about driving it easy being bad for break-in is BS IMO, at the worst, it only delays the break in until you do eventually decide to run it out hard a few times. I'm prepared to live with that rather than risk something worse.
06-03-2006, 03:32 AM
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RE: How long should you wait before your first street race?
I waited about 20 minutes and 35miles until i raced a s2000 . I punished my car right from the get go with no problems. Here I am 18,000 miles later most of which was put on with 10lbs of BOOST with the Saleen Supercharger and smacking the 7k revlimit I have set. Still runs like a champ.