My Car right Now has 500 Miles! And i Hit Vtec a Couple of times

Does it hurt my Motor? or it is Ok? to do it?

Should i Wait 600 Miles?

 

Go back to the place you bought your S.

Give the salesperson back your keys and tell them you have no respect for your new S2000.

Ask them NOT to give you a refund.

 

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Give the salesperson back your keys and tell them you have no respect for your new S2000.

Ask them NOT to give you a refund. </TD></TR></TABLE>


i would say treat it like any other engine and wait till about 1000 miles to open it up

 

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i would say treat it like any other engine and wait till about 1000 miles to open it up</TD></TR></TABLE>


I would say NO - drive it like you are going to drive it - after the first 200 or 300 hundred miles, the car needs to be opened up.

This debate is one that has been going on for ever. Some say beat the **** out of the engine right out of the box, others say - baby it for the first 1500K.

Fact is, the life of this engine isn't dependant upon how it was broken it. It will live long and run well if it is regularly maintained and beat on every single day.

 

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Fact is, the life of this engine isn't dependant upon how it was broken it. It will live long and run well if it is regularly maintained
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You're right here but I took out "and beat on every single day." engines have wear and tear parts in them, the more load you put on the engine, the shorter it's lifespan which means beating on it everyday and tearing into vtec at high freeway speeds everyday will reduce the life of the engine. They are built very well internally but aren't bulletproof. So...I'd say to be safe on break-in procedures, drive the car normally, don't beat on it for breakin and slowly start getting on through the first 3k miles.

 

The S was designed obviously to take high revving, so i believe the manual suggests easy driving for the first 600 miles, then you can do as you please. My R has been beaten on a lot, including track events and autox's for the last 75k miles... it still runs like a champ.

 

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You're right here but I took out "and beat on every single day." engines have wear and tear parts in them, the more load you put on the engine, the shorter it's lifespan which means beating on it everyday and tearing into vtec at high freeway speeds everyday will reduce the life of the engine. They are built very well internally but aren't bulletproof. So...I'd say to be safe on break-in procedures, drive the car normally, don't beat on it for breakin and slowly start getting on through the first 3k miles. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Vapor - my bad - I meant to say NOT beaten on every day, I just didn't even proof read my reply on me.

 

just remember to not drive it TOO easy, no cruise control, vary the throttle when u can...

reason:
the rings need to seat and wear into the shape of the sleeve, and if you take it TOO easy, the rings wont seat and the nice rough texture of the freshly honed walls will be gone, making it impossible to "wear" the rings.

mike

 

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This debate is one that has been going on for ever. Some say beat the **** out of the engine right out of the box, others say - baby it for the first 1500K.
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This debate is one that has been going on for ever. Some say beat the **** out of the engine right out of the box, others say - baby it for the first 1500K.
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not to knit pick, but 1500k is 1.5 million miles

 

umm its ok to crossover into vtec, just dont redline yet

 

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Vapor - my bad - I meant to say NOT beaten on every day, I just didn't even proof read my reply on me.
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lol, no worries man.

MikeMAN:

Not sure what you mean by not driving "too easy"

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reason:
the rings need to seat and wear into the shape of the sleeve, and if you take it TOO easy, the rings wont seat and the nice rough texture of the freshly honed walls will be gone, making it impossible to "wear" the rings.

mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

The engine is run at the factory for testing purposes and is partially broken-in. There's no reason to instill the fear that driving too easy will not allow the piston rings to fully seat. The whole idea of not varing the rpm/load applies to rebuilt engines where the oil is recommended to be changed after 500 miles to rid of particles left over from a rebuild.

 

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not to knit pick, but 1500k is 1.5 million miles </TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL - that's my point .........