I just got my RSX-S, i have only 220 miles on it. How many miles do i need to break in the motor.

 

1000

 

Go for 1000. I said screw it at 500 miles theres a warranty but i would wait I was just impatient.

 

around 1000 miles

 

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

 

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this topic here is controversial

i say play it safe and get the most out of your engine.
do the slow 1000 mile break in

 

zero.

break-in is a crock of ****.

 

I was told 600.

 

literally takes about 20 minutes of normal driving to seat piston rings....so why go 1000 miles?

if it REALLY makes you feel better, go 500 miles.

this is sort on the same line as "get an alarm for your car" mentality.
who pays attention to the alarm going off anymore?

 

I did 500 myself, go with that.

 

lol i waited till 80 your engine should be good to go by now 1000 if you can wait that long or do alot of driving but 200 should be good if you wanna get out there and "drive"

 

As of now i have 330 miles on it.I haven't reved past 4k yet and i not going to. Im just going ot play it safe and do 1000 miles. Change the oil at that point, and then start driving it into the Vtec area.

 

700

 

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Interesting......

 

Your owners manual will read that the engine should not be races hard for the first 600 miles. and the brakes need 200 miles before they break in.
Anyway I went to 1000 and never got over 5,500 rpms. Then and now its ***** to the wall. IMO you have to break it in the way you would drive the car. I had a 99-ex civic that after 5,000 miles I went to Mobil-1 and then up to 44,000 miles it was driven hard and never gave a hick-up to anything. It ran great and never smoked...BTW I still changed the synthetic every 4-5,000 miles.

 

i only did it for 500 miles.

 

acura says 1000, but when my friend blew his first motor(shitty driver), he got a new motor...he started hitting vtec after like 400....it seems to run ok....but i would wait if it was my car..

 

i drove it like i planned on driving from the day I got mine.........seems to have worked out pretty good for me

55K miles@13.85

 

boy, I sucked... I waited until 3K for NOTHING!! but then I don't drive an Type S. and 3 hours of track harassment after 3K made up the lost.

 

500 miles and a prompt oil change .......

 

um, I believe you're supposed to wait 5k miles before the first oil change

 

you should let your brakes brake in first.. the pads can crack it you drive too hard and brake hard the first couple hundred miles

 

i waited till 1000