Thought this was very informative and with all the 03's coming out soon I am sure some of the newbies will be posting stuff like "Hey guys how long until I can go over 15mph"

How does that saying go again.........Drive it like you..... well nevermind.

Proper Break-In

--Joe

 

Cant get the link to work.

 

Nice thread Soap. Looks like I broke mine in perfectly!

 

I guess I did a good job then?

 

Joe,
You mean that I did something right. Both the Lightning (April 1999) and the "03" Cobra (June 2003) went down the track with less them 100 miles on the odometer. At least I took the sticker out of the window of the Cobra for it's run. The Lightning to this day has never had an issue or seen warranty work.

 

Mike,

I remember when you brought the 03 to Milan in the summer in less than optimal temps. On the way to the track my temp gauge said 101* while I was doing 70mph down M-14

--Joe

 

Looks like I broke mine in right too.

 

When i picked up my truck from dealer , new line motor installed under warranty i ran it hard stop light to stoplight for abot 30 stop lights then on way home cranked to 140mph all within 50 miles of picking it up. still no strange noises or rattles. unlike the original engine.

 

guess i didn't break mine in right

 

Guess i did mine correctly also..

PEacE

 

I never owned a car with less than 40k miles on it. I wouldn't know if it was done right or not. BUT I would suspect that it wasn't.

 

My girlfriend drove my new L off the lot and raced me from Ventura all the way to Calabasas, about 50 miles, hiting up to 120mph, at my insistance, (it's great to ride next to it and see it in motion, the really cool pattern the '01 wheels make at speed for one, reminds me of Roman chairiot wheels)). She cheated at the off-ramp and won, just as competitive as I.
It does over 106 mph in the 1/4 with only a 2# & chip which comparatively seems to be on the strong side.
edit:
I want to add that all of my vehicles are high performance and are all usually built up sometime btwn 100-150000 miles, maybe less. I won't push hard on a high milage engine. I don't care if it lasts 200,000 miles, who is going to race an engine comfortably with that mileage, I won't. And if you aren't racing your posing.

 

Time after time, the author asks the rhetorical question "why do the manufacturers recommend a different method?" His only answer is "Good question." Then, he wants you to subscribe to his newsletter to "Find out why the manufacturers recommend an easy break in, and the revealing evidence which provides answers to those good questions we've all wondered about."

Let's see. Who am I going to trust? Every multi-billion dollar manufacturer on the planet (which must stand behind their warranties) or this one kid trolling for e-mail addresses to sell to spammers? Hmmm . . . Tough decision.

 

LMAO...I thought the exact same thing you did Tim.


Rocks

 

well i did not break in my 01 right i guess, but for the 03, i am gonna leave a pound or 2 of rubber at the dealer, and then come home and take off those nasty new rims!!!!!!!!!