I feel sorry for anyone that has shavings in their oil. As a new engine is being run for the first miles of it's life, it could generate very small particles of metal debris that should be filtered by the oil filter. Some peeps actually elect to change their oil at the first 500 miles of service.

 

I break in all of my cars. First oil change at 600.

 

 

And you don't think that the guy's unloading your car from the ships at the port " Beat on your car"? Come down to Port Newark NJ and see how they unload the cars down there, and what about every " Dumb Ass" Honda sales person that takes the car out and shows potential buyers how the car feels at high RPM's. I agree on the gentle break in, but what happens before you get the car ?????

 

i understand that a customer does not have any control over how the car is driven before delivery, BUT you're only making it worse by CONTINUING to go against the breakin suggestions in the manual.


My car had 16 miles on it(off the truck). I don't know where exactly it racked up the miles (a handful of s2000's are test driven in japan for quality control purposes,) but I did follow the breakin rules accordingly and my car barely uses any oil (just a little bit with heavy vtec use) and the car feels stronger than other 2003 s2000's i've driven (others have verified this feeling, but without a dyno i will never know for sure).


as someone has already mentioned before, you have to make a sacrifice...you either choose maximum hp or maximum engine longetivity. i prefer engine longetivity, but i'm just crazy like that.

 

hehe. good discussion goin. dont miss my point though, like i said, you break in your motor your way, bottom line... when you rip the R's to redline, you wanna shift and continue that feeling, its normal, well the synchros arent ready for that. i have all bran new stuff in my gearbox right now, and it is so tight its scary. and yet my motor is all broken in. so i have to control myself. thats all i was sayin. extreme example. when my ghia gearbox freshened every 2 years, it is so tight, that you HAVE to double clutch to even shift any gear, and it feels like the gear is not there. after 400 miles, then i can shift it smooth, and after that, i spray bottle all over to hell and back, and i pull it so hard, ive sheared 2nd gear at the track. hehe. so im just sayin, be nice to those poor gears when its new. i cant wait to put my 100 shot on next year, so i wont have to shift so fast to win. anyways, laters folks. dave