3rd & Drive

[Spades]

i have been told by various mechanics if you intend to drive harshly to flog the piss out of it from the get go to seat the valves properly...if not the valves will seat for the 3k and under rpms you are driving it, and will cause problems when you start driving it hard and shifting past 5k rpm.

dunno if thats true, but every mechanics shop and dealership i have worked at thats what they claim.

I do know its bad to keep your rpms the same for a extended rate of time (65mph on a freeway drive for a hour or more straight) and most mechanics reccomend for commuters that have to drive the freeway to keep shifting from 3rd to 4th to 5th every now and then to keep the rpms changing.

[jdium]

Originally Posted by Spades

I do know its bad to keep your rpms the same for a extended rate of time (65mph on a freeway drive for a hour or more straight) and most mechanics reccomend for commuters that have to drive the freeway to keep shifting from 3rd to 4th to 5th every now and then to keep the rpms changing.

Who told you this? Good friends huh? There is nothing wrong with cruising at the same rpm for long periods of time, what do you think cruise control is?

[DjT]

Originally Posted by jdium

Who told you this? Good friends huh? There is nothing wrong with cruising at the same rpm for long periods of time, what do you think cruise control is?

He's talking about the Break-In period - read the manual.

[jdium]

Originally Posted by DjT

He's talking about the Break-In period - read the manual.

Really? Where did he mention the break-in period? I didn't see it. If so, then yes, don't do your 1st 1000 miles at the exact same rev.

Originally Posted by Yarii

Back in the old days, when you finished rebuilding a big ol' sloppy V8, you'd drive to Toronto for a coffee (about a 4hr drive) and back, rocking the throttle up and down all the way, and you'd have a worn-in engine ready to race once you got back home.

Why Toronto, is there some special magnetic vortex there that completes "big ol' sloppy V8's"? That's quite a drive for most of us...

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by jdium

Really? Where did he mention the break-in period? I didn't see it. If so, then yes, don't do your 1st 1000 miles at the exact same rev.



Why Toronto, is there some special magnetic vortex there that completes "big ol' sloppy V8's"? That's quite a drive for most of us...

He said '4 hour drive'. He's wither slow from Ottawa, or a typical Montrealer

[Yarii]

Originally Posted by jdium

Who told you this? Good friends huh? There is nothing wrong with cruising at the same rpm for long periods of time, what do you think cruise control is?

Back in the old days, when you finished rebuilding a big ol' sloppy V8, you'd drive to Toronto for a coffee (about a 4hr drive) and back, rocking the throttle up and down all the way, and you'd have a worn-in engine ready to race once you got back home.