Live footage on assembly line #86 #BRZ #FR-S

[theredtape]

That was definitely my brz driving off the line

[Kunzite]

Originally Posted by DKPJester

I used to intern in a Denso plant in Tennessee during college. They had the same soothing music for everythign including shift change alarms. It's all very pleasant and surreal. Especially in the starter/alternator plant which is full of very serious looking people and crazy metal work in a dark, cave-like atmosphere.

How nice, but I think this one would fit better:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyIxdOctioo&feature=related"]Psycho. Murder Music - YouTube[/ame]

People would definitely pay attention to those robots... and every little shadow

[MeatForBrains]

Originally Posted by Bounce

And to think they build almost 1000 cars a day, im surprised there aren't any quality issues...

oooh there are plenty, but the insane amount of quality assurance programs at auto manufacturing facilities makes them very very minimal.

If you get a car to a lot with something missing, owners typically freak out.

[jesperswe]

I think i saw some bad ECUs and Cam gears over there!

[FirestormFRS]

As a current Japanese Auto Manufacturing employee in a powertrain plant allow me to debunk all this "pre-broken in" bullshit. Engines are not "broken in" at all before they go in a car. They're warmed up and revved to 4500rpm ish rpm and checked for noise and leaks. 1 in about 100 are actually started and ran. The rest get tossed in a big metal shipping crate and sent to the vehicle plant.

From there they go out of said crate onto the front subframe and have the tranny and front suspension bolted on. Then they're jacked up into the car. The car gets to the end of the line and they run the mortal dog shit out of it (redline being normal) on a dyno like wheel and slam the brakes on. Then they go through the rain tunnel and are checked for leaks.

The various drivers a new car sees before you get it dont "break in" the car. Most just drive it like it's a sports car or an economy car.

[Moshpit37]

Originally Posted by jdmitr

How cool would it be to know if your car was in that video and seeing when it was born! Nice find!

Yeah, I wish we could have seen some VINs. That Ultramarine FR-S looked just like mine! (and all the other Ultramarine FR-Ses out there. ) Any info on when this was actually recorded?

[TheMarkness]

Gotta love that music brings back memories of when I did contract IT work for Bodine Aluminum (Toyota plant) in Jackson, TN that built V6 / V8 engine blocks and transmission casings.

[FirestormFRS]

Our Andon plays "life goes on" by the Beatles whenever someone does something they really shouldn't be doing. There's also take me out to the ballgame, the theme to superman and several other not so catchy versions of famous songs.

[n2oinferno]

I watched it again, the entire time hoping (and for some reason, expecting) it would play the Legend of Zelda theme.

[KingRohan]

Looks like the Crosstrek is rolling off this line too.

[Kodename47]

Originally Posted by FirestormFRS

As a current Japanese Auto Manufacturing employee in a powertrain plant allow me to debunk all this "pre-broken in" bullshit. Engines are not "broken in" at all before they go in a car. They're warmed up and revved to 4500rpm ish rpm and checked for noise and leaks. 1 in about 100 are actually started and ran. The rest get tossed in a big metal shipping crate and sent to the vehicle plant.

It's done to bed in the piston rings..... the engine will take many heat cycles to expand and contract and allow the parts to wear together, that's what the breaking in is. It's also why giving it some beans when it's properly warm early on isn't a problem.

IMO breaking in is being mechanically sympathetic..... be gentle when it's cold and slowly build the revs once it's warmed up. Also don't forget that it's not just the engine that needs breaking in; clutch, gearbox, brakes as well.

[Alabang 86]

I wish that video was 100x speed, my dealer said mine wasn't coming until next year .

Get those XV's off the line! hayaku, hayaku

[Godzilla35]

And where do the inject the engine full of crickets? I didn't see that... is that in part 2?

[Coheed]

Originally Posted by sierra

Why should they be allowed to abuse the cars like that?[If they do?]
These are brand new cars with stone cold engines that you can bet weren't abused at the Japanese end of the journey. The US has got plenty of people looking for jobs, especially non skilled numbers like this.
Just sack the bastards. They deserve more than that for abusing other people's property that they are being paid to look after.

Part of the inspection is checking all operations of the vehicle. They check everything, its perfectly normal. If you think that's bad, the STI had a clutch dump procedure as part of the PDI that required a clutch dump at 5000rpm.

Originally Posted by FirestormFRS

As a current Japanese Auto Manufacturing employee in a powertrain plant allow me to debunk all this "pre-broken in" bullshit. Engines are not "broken in" at all before they go in a car. They're warmed up and revved to 4500rpm ish rpm and checked for noise and leaks. 1 in about 100 are actually started and ran. The rest get tossed in a big metal shipping crate and sent to the vehicle plant.

From there they go out of said crate onto the front subframe and have the tranny and front suspension bolted on. Then they're jacked up into the car. The car gets to the end of the line and they run the mortal dog shit out of it (redline being normal) on a dyno like wheel and slam the brakes on. Then they go through the rain tunnel and are checked for leaks.

The various drivers a new car sees before you get it dont "break in" the car. Most just drive it like it's a sports car or an economy car.

This statement is correct. The engine is not fully broken in when it leaves the assembly plant.

Though engine tolerances have improved substantially over the last 20 years, brake in procedures should still be followed. Do I follow them? Nope. But you still see higher rates of bearing and ring wear during that first 1000 miles. The last few race engines I've built never saw any type of break in, but they weren't really meant to last 100k miles either. Just my .02