I dont want to abuse my baby right away. I would like to break her in correctly. How many miles is decent to drive under thr 5500k rpm mark.... I vary speeds alot..using it mostly around town. Just dont want to hurt her . I am loving every minute of it so far. 263 miles

 

just gun it y0

just done drop the clutch lol taking it to the redline isn't going to hurt it

 

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What does your owners manual say?

 

good call on owners manual

 

stay under 5k and break it in for 600 miles like the owner's manual says

 

yeah i read it today while i was waiting for class to start.....halfway to break in woot...cant wait to try out the full power band

 

get it on highway and get it in high gear (5th) and floor it till your car hits about 4 grand , than let off. do this over and over whenever your on highway.very good break in routine. load minus high revs = good break in.

 

RTFM

Why do people think that the best place to get this simple info is from strangers on the web rather than the experts at Honda?

Honda has the most stake (warrantee claims) in making sure your car is broken in correctly. They have the most experience breaking in these engines. They have torn down more than anyone else. Read their manual. It's in your glove box right now and its full of amazing information that is more accurate than anything you will read here.

regards,
alan

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00R101 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">RTFM

Why do people think that the best place to get this simple info is from strangers on the web rather than the experts at Honda?

Honda has the most stake (warrantee claims) in making sure your car is broken in correctly. They have the most experience breaking in these engines. They have torn down more than anyone else. Read their manual. It's in your glove box right now and its full of amazing information that is more accurate than anything you will read here.

regards,
alan</TD></TR></TABLE>

we rip apart, turbo, slam, swap, and pretty much are "honda"

they mass produce, replace broken parts and WANT your car to break so u can buy a new car

 

Yo... I just can't wait until I get mine. It's been intransit for the longest, since 23rd of January I believe. Should be getting it anytime now. Look at maybe Feb. 13-17... I'll post some pics when it's here. Congrats on yours...

 

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they mass produce, replace broken parts and WANT your car to break so u can buy a new car </TD></TR></TABLE>

give the guy a break. I agree, people are always quick to ask HT what to do, but the dealership will be the best resource for break in info! simple

 

yeah my bad for asking this quesion just got over excited about having it.....i read the manual today so no worries

 

i thought any motor from any car goes through all kinds of testing before it goes out on the floor....saying that...isn't it already broken in?

 

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when you make a millions of cars a year, it's going to be very very hard to test every single engine that is produced.

 

I have toured the honda factory in Alliston, Ontario where all the new Si's are built

whenever a new car rolls off the assembly line they take it out on a 2 mile track and beat the **** out of it......redline it.......slam on the breaks

 

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That's like sleeping with your dream-girl on the first date. Sure, its good while you're doing it but a lot can be said for the anticipation leading up to it.

Plus you'll screw up your new car.

 

I've also heard its good to let it reach full operating temp before driving it every time during break in. Makes sense to me, but even it's b.s. it definatly can't hurt.

 

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bad idea......when no load is on the motor and it's idling...oil circulates much slower.....thats why when i start my car....I wait 30 seconds and then baby it till it's warm

 

and for those of you that are changing their oil soon.

honda has special additives in their first fill from the factory that has special qualities that help break in new motors. as a certified honda service tech and an 06 si owner I would reccomend waiting until around 5k miles.

 

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honda has special additives in their first fill from the factory that has special qualities that help break in new motors. as a certified honda service tech and an 06 si owner I would reccomend waiting until around 5k miles.</TD></TR></TABLE>

5k miles for break in or to change the oil?

As for the break in, read this. http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm I found it very interesting.

 

no, that first fill from the factory is not to be replaced for atleast 5k miles.

 

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No ****? Hmm.... now I don't feel so bad about hitting the rev limiter driving my new EP home from the dealership.

I did try to be nice to it the rest of the time, though. And, if I could have two new Hondas on the same day, and treat each one with a different break-in routine, I could actually give a good answer as to which is better.

 

Just got mine and I was told to drive it like you would always drive it.
I have dogged mine for the first 100 miles.
VTEC is incredible and the car COMES with a warrenty, so if anything breaks they fix it. So drive it hard