Originally Posted by
STORM
i dont think ill have the balls to beat the hell of it at that low of a milage... i put soooo much time and money into it i just cant do it... so far i got it to 260 miles and i changed the oil in the first 10-50 miles 2 times and then drove it to 250 and changed it today again... will go for another 200 or so and change it once more... im hopeing to get at least 1000 out if it and switch to syntetic and then start getting on it little by little and actually boosting it.
sounds like you have the general idea...
just don't baby it too much.
I had an old mechanic tell me that you should treat a new motor during break in, very similar to the way you are going to treat it all of the time. If you built a daily driver, then you need to drive it as such. If you built a drag car, then drive it as such. (please note, drag cars are not built to last, they are built to run. typically, they are built, started, idled for a few minutes, changed the oil to flush out all of the build lube and metal crap, then beat on to make sure it can handle the stress. Better to break it then, rather than in a few days during race day.)
so get a couple of miles on it, then drive it normally. (assuming you're version of normal does not include tire chirping shifts and shift points above 5 grand) Once you get over those first miles, your main concern is oil condition, keeping it clean. as things settle and seat and what not, little bits of metal will break off and that can cause damage to new bearings.