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kevinm said:
I am awaiting my July CabS delivery and when I was at the dealership I was discussing various issues with the service manager. He had been at porsche for over 20 years and has been involved on porsche racing teams. He suggests not to drive easy during the first 2,000 miles as suggested. Instead he suggests to drive it like you would normally drive it and not baby the engine. The more you push the engine early the better it will respond and the more race like it will be later. He sites better piston travel, better seating of the rings, valves and camshaft. He also notes the car has memory and if you drive it hard early it will remember. The guys that have done this early have more responsive engines and he can tell there is a big difference in power. He also noted that they never break in race cars. The cars are ran a few miles first and then they change the oil and then drop the hammer. His only "don'ts" were to not pass the redline and not to drive at the same speed for long periods of time, Since this goes against A.G. recommendations and is a bit counterintuitive I wonder what you guys think.
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MMD said:
Just make up your own break in rule: no more than 5500 rpms.
The other stuff he said sounds good. The first 200 miles are "critical" for seating the piston rings.
Oh, make sure you shift gears alot even when you're just cruising on the highway.
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Texas911 said:
I didn't know Cabs had racing engines in it. I mean your basing your mechanics recommendations on racing engines right? And racing engines don't need to go 100,000 miles do they? Why would Porsche put something in the manual that would hurt your engine? I say follow the manual, because Porsche wrote it, you know, they guys that designed, tested and built your car.
Jul 31, 2005 5:12:53 PM
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mcdelaug said:
Porsche's recommendation for break in is undoubtedly designed to minimize the number of warranty claims you will make. But it may put little emphasis on your engine reaching 100% of its potential.
mcdelaug
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kevinm said:
I am awaiting my July CabS delivery and when I was at the dealership I was discussing various issues with the service manager. He had been at porsche for over 20 years and has been involved on porsche racing teams. He suggests not to drive easy during the first 2,000 miles as suggested. Instead he suggests to drive it like you would normally drive it and not baby the engine. The more you push the engine early the better it will respond and the more race like it will be later. He sites better piston travel, better seating of the rings, valves and camshaft. He also notes the car has memory and if you drive it hard early it will remember. The guys that have done this early have more responsive engines and he can tell there is a big difference in power. He also noted that they never break in race cars. The cars are ran a few miles first and then they change the oil and then drop the hammer. His only "don'ts" were to not pass the redline and not to drive at the same speed for long periods of time, Since this goes against A.G. recommendations and is a bit counterintuitive I wonder what you guys think.
Aug 1, 2005 4:04:03 PM
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kevinm said:
I am awaiting my July CabS delivery and when I was at the dealership I was discussing various issues with the service manager. He had been at porsche for over 20 years and has been involved on porsche racing teams. He suggests not to drive easy during the first 2,000 miles as suggested. Instead he suggests to drive it like you would normally drive it and not baby the engine. The more you push the engine early the better it will respond and the more race like it will be later. He sites better piston travel, better seating of the rings, valves and camshaft. He also notes the car has memory and if you drive it hard early it will remember. The guys that have done this early have more responsive engines and he can tell there is a big difference in power. He also noted that they never break in race cars. The cars are ran a few miles first and then they change the oil and then drop the hammer. His only "don'ts" were to not pass the redline and not to drive at the same speed for long periods of time, Since this goes against A.G. recommendations and is a bit counterintuitive I wonder what you guys think.
sigh... another 'know-it-all' porsche employee that thinks their word is better than the publications from Stuttgart.
keep in mind, americans love to embelish their job descriptions. people that mow my lawn call themselves environmental aesthetic engineers.
that he was ' involved in racing for 20 years ' could just mean he printed fliers for their keg parties or did some oil changes for the race director's car.
why do these discussions keep popping up for the proper way to do something that is clearly specified in the manual.
Aug 1, 2005 4:38:58 PM
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In short, he said don't kill it, don't be an [censored], but don't let the bean-counters ruin your first 2,000 miles, and he concurred that an occassional run to redline throughout breakin would be advisable, in his opinion.
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