Mar 14, 2007 6:02:49 AM
- gradyex
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Re: Case closed: Definitive Break-in Procedure
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gradyex said:
Thanks for sharing MMD, very interesting stuff. I have one observation to add to this "break in" theory. My 997S was stronger at 10K miles than it was at 5K miles. I followed the breakin procedures according to Porsches reccomendations. There is definatly a "breakin curve" with these cars. I'm NOT referring to initial breakin but a point in time when the engine reaches its full potential. For some it takes 10K miles to reach that point. I think running the car hard sooner, shortens the time that your engine takes to reach its full potential. Not sure if this makes any sense but thats my theory?
1. Unless you've got a slew of 1/4 mile dragstrip timeslips to support, how do you really know if and how much faster your car is? Seat of the pants??
2. Don't confuse a motor being "fully-broken-in" with a motor that has worn enough to become "loose". Two different events COMPLETELY.
3. Any number of other fellows on here could say their cars are faster at 10,000 than 5,000, and say they hammered the thing right off the lot. You're speculating that your adherence to the break-in has anything to do with how good the car runs now. There could be zero relationship for all you know.
Not trying to be snippy, just making some points. I realize that this thread's getting heated, and I'm guilty to an extent. I just get frustrated!!
I think either you misunderstood me or i wasn't clear in my post so I'll try to address it again:
(1) My car felt stronger at 10000 miles than at 5000 miles.Lets widen the gap for simplicity: My car felt stronger at 10000 miles than it did at 1000 miles. That is my "seat of the pants" observation and I stand by it because its obvious. Even though its obvious to me, its just my opinion. I could say the same thing about 100 octane fuel vs 91. Unless I put it on a dyno its "seat of the pants" but TO ME there is a difference.
(2) and (3) Not confusing either of the two they are seperate observations but its POSSIBLE that one may influence the other (through the laws of Physics). I am not saying it takes 10000 miles to break in a Porsche but it took that long before I felt my engine reached its full potential. I merely suggested that it's possible that another driver could get to this point sooner, depending on how hard it was driven from day 1. This "curve" may or may not be related to initial break-in. There is no way to know this, just an educated observation.
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