Break-In Period

[UriarteMD]

Small question really... Since this is my first new car and all... How do you guys plan on breaking in your FR-S for the first 1,000 miles? I read briefly on the BRZ forum when their owner's manual was released (BS that they have their's already btw) and someone said that for the first 1,000 miles to go up to a max of 4 RPM. My thought was just to spend a 8 hour day at my local track, Infineon Raceway, and go through about two tanks of gas to just break it in on the first day. Is this what people normally do or is it just better to drive it normally and slowly break it in?

Sorry if I'm not making much sense, long day, and tired...

[WhiteGDB]

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1036

IBTL

[ashtray]

Just drive it normal, keeping the rpms in check. You don't want to hit the highway and just cruise at one constant rpm. You need to vary the rpms. Basically after you buy the car you have to restrain yourself for the first thousand miles. With my last car this took all of 9 days. Now however I'm averaging about 4k miles/yr, so break in for me could last 3 months?! Crap.

[WhiteGDB]

Originally Posted by UriarteMD

Small question really... Since this is my first new car and all... How do you guys plan on breaking in your FR-S for the first 1,000 miles? I read briefly on the BRZ forum when their owner's manual was released (BS that they have their's already btw) and someone said that for the first 1,000 miles to go up to a max of 4 RPM. My thought was just to spend a 8 hour day at my local track, Infineon Raceway, and go through about two tanks of gas to just break it in on the first day. Is this what people normally do or is it just better to drive it normally and slowly break it in?

Sorry if I'm not making much sense, long day, and tired...

I didn't even read the post before my first reply, but wow u troll?

[Sport-Tech]

There are a few out there who claim that really hard driving is the best way to break in a car, but I have never seen evidence to support that position (although I have never really looked). Safest just to RTFM and follow its advice (the BRZ manual is on the web now).

[chulooz]

Originally Posted by WhiteGDB

I didn't even read the post before my first reply, but wow u troll?

Dont know about the mototune method? Proves its results.

8 hr track day sounds awesome... Hell I'd consider it with my first oil change between sessions.

But,

[Turbowned]

Just drive the f**in' thing. There's different schools of thought on "soft break-in" vs. "hard break-in" to seat the rings properly but for all intensive purposes, if you don't roast the tires and bang off the rev limiter in your first ~1,000 miles I think you should be fine.

[GrimmSpeed]

The link that was posted up in the second post has some very good info in it. I would look to that.

Modern engines and modern coatings have made break in substantially different from how it used to be. The best all around advice (aside from hard vs soft break in) is to not keep it at one constant rpm for extended periods of time. Changing the oil at the appropriate times during break in will be more important than worrying about driving it "too hard or too soft." I like 100, 250, 500, and 1000 miles, but that is my personal practice. Also, I drive it the way it will be driven, more or less.

Also if you have a manual car, be mindful of how you're treating the clutch during this period.

-Chase

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by GrimmSpeed

Changing the oil at the appropriate times during break in will be more important than worrying about driving it "too hard or too soft." I like 100, 250, 500, and 1000 miles, but that is my personal practice. Also, I drive it the way it will be driven, more or less.

Dude. That's like $120 in oil changes using Mobile 1 0W-20. I'm not even convinced that 0W-20 is the way to go...

[carbonBLUE]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Dude. That's like $120 in oil changes using Mobile 1 0W-20. I'm not even convinced that 0W-20 is the way to go...

if they say its fine use it, its $7 per quart at my toyota dealership, ive put 0-20w in my celica i got a whopping 1hp but i did see an increase in gas mileage

or maybe the conditions were just better when i dynoed on it... lol

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by carbonBLUE

if they say its fine use it, its $7 per quart at my toyota dealership, ive put 0-20w in my celica i got a whopping 1hp but i did see an increase in gas mileage

or maybe the conditions were just better when i dynoed on it... lol

Exactly what I'm worried about. Oils 'round these parts (read: Amurrica) are formulated for mileage, not for engine protection (e.g. Mobil 1 5W-30 vs. "German Castrol" 0W-30).

Check out Motul 0W-20: http://www.motorspotstore.com/810wec13ga.html

Low HTHS; that's no good where I come from (Turbo Subaru world). Furthermore, all the advertising I'm seeing for various 0W-20 oils (ENEOS, MOTUL, Mobil 1) are tailored for efficiency and spin some eco bullshit. Hell, ENEOS 0W-20 says it's recommended for hybrids. Does a high-strung 2L use the same oil as a Prius? It's already got "Prius tires", we don't need "Prius oil".