How hard is too hard?
 

Hi guys. Just got my BRZ a week ago. How hard can I push it? I highway cruise at 4k rpm for a max of 5 min intervals, I rev it out in first and second gear after most stop lights. Is this going to give me long term problems? Im used to my honda being bulletproof with this stuff. Can the brz take the heat too?

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The harder you ride it, the sooner it dies, but lots of people have ridden theirs hard for 100k without the engine going boom, so I think you'll be OK. Most of the times I drive it, I hit the redline a few times. 32k and just fine.

Cheers thanks for the insight

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Should be fine as long as you're past the break in period, wait for it to warm up, and keep an eye on your oil.

I drive mine like I stole it, I've done mountain climb-esque activities with it repeatedly. Just get a pcv catch can and you'll have no worries. Radium makes a great one - http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/radi...l#.XPzT81MpAwA

I mean, normal highway cruising is 3500 rpm or so.....

If you’re in the break in period you shouldn’t go over 4000rpm for the first 1600kms (1000 miles), according to the manual. I tried to avoid it best I could with mine during that time.

Now I do drive it pretty hard but follow certain rules. I always wait until it’s warm before redlining it, driving it hard etc. I always get my scheduled maintenance done when it’s due, Subarus don’t like tardy maintenance apparently. If you look after it, it will look after you. I’ve got 25,000kms on it and drive it hard at least once a week and have had no issues.

Lets face it you’re not driving your nanna’s Yaris and I assume you didn’t buy it to putt around town in it, enjoy it. The car is more fun driven hard. :D

Drive below 4K RPM until the OIL temp is above 190 after the initial break in period. Afterwards, drive it as hard as you like.

I actually have a thread about this. I frequently cruised at 4000 rpm for 10 minutes at a time when I was working in richmond hill, and I’m at 50K km and no problems. If anything, the car pulls harder than ever

so you're saying he needs to add a gauge just to drive the car?

The BRZ limited has an oil temp gauge on the digital display. If your car doesn't have one, just take it easy for the first ten minutes.

i'm still analog in my '14 ;)

My rule of thumb is to first drive like I have grandma’s China in the trunk and once it’s warmed up I go like there are Zombies after me moaning, “Brains....brains....brains.” Zombies not your thing? Use any imaginary motivation like dudes wearing shades and driving black cars or your partner in crime gave you up for a sandwich to the local gendarmes.

Eh. Run it till she brakes.

You just bought the wrong car anyways.
With a new Civic SI you'll never have to worry about bouncing off redline. Cause we all know hondas live on the redline. That vtec kick in bro.

I would just set you car on fire, don't bother trying to sell it. You know you fucked up when you didn't buy that nice Civic SI. Come back to it. Besides you'll be schooling those 86 again.

If you shift a hair over the suggested shift points for each gear, you will be parting out by the end of the month. I have no idea why those crazy engineers forgot to paint the redline down around 3k rpm...such a silly mistake.



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good lord people, the car is rated to ~200 bhp. When do you think that happens? 1500 rpm? If you drive it around under 4 grand all day, you might have well have purchased a used Geo since you're not getting even half the value you paid for out of the motor.

Most of the things that go wrong with these stock FA motors will occur relatively independently of how hard you push the motor. E.g. coil pack failure (most likely a heat soak issue), oil leaks (most likely a sealant misapplication issue), etc.