My one and only new car I've ever bought was a 2000 Honda Prelude. The H22A in the Prelude is notorious for consuming oil. I followed the following break in on my car:
8-400 mi - no more than 3500rpm, no steady state rpm, no highway
400-1000 mi -no more than 5000rpm, no steady state rpm, limited highway driving.
1000+ mi - go for it, VTEC, trips to redline

At 1500mi, I did the first oil change. Used NONsynthetic oil.
At 4000mi, I did the second oil change. Used NONsynthetic oil.
At 7000mi, I did the 3rd oil change. Switched to Mobile1 full synthetic. Used for all subsequent oil changes

The car used about 1/2 qt of oil in the first 1500 mi. And then after that it never burned a drop of oil. I owned that car for 56,000+ mi and it never used oil. At 11,000 mi, it also dynoed slightly higher than the typical stock Prelude did too.

Andrew

 

oh ish! i just noticed you got an 05. i was wondering why you sold your car.

 

It's completely irrelevent to the thread. It has absolutely no bearing to the breaking in of a new S2000, or were you not aware that the S2000 is NOT a dirtbike?

 

Do people think that Honda's trying to put one over on their customers by suggesting a specific break-in procedure? Ha! They followed the manual! The Fools!!!

 

so is it ok to redline and VTEC at 1000 miles ?

or its still beaking in until 10k miles?

 

It's 'OK' to VTEC and redline after 600 miles according to the manual. I was bouncing off the limiter on the track before I got to 1000 miles. Engine wear is a never ending process but Honda recommends that you do NOT use synthetic oil until after 7500 miles to allow for proper seating and wearing in, but during this time (600-7500mi) you can drive/rev. however you like.

 

No, regardless of how many times you repeat yourself, it is absolutely relevant. I gave the information in the context of breaking in an engine smoothly and gently verses nailing it from the dealer lot.

I promise you that arguing with me over the validity of my contribution has wasted more time than the original reference.

By the way, the RC51 isn't a dirt bike either.

 

Nice edit!

Maybe this will help.
Read the FAQ's
And on any of the serious car maint./info forums, i.e. S2000 talk, UTH, Technical, etc.. Try not to post any misinformation. Do not post 'How to' advice or procedures that you have not personally undertaken or experienced. Try to get along with others, if you do not understand their point, try to get them to explain their point before engaging in rudeness. I apologize for jumping on you for your original post in this thread, I was having a bad day. But please try to understand that this same thread has been duplicated at least 500 times since I've been here, yet ALWAYS, someone shows up with some semi-literate website operated by somebody in Podunk, Alabama, with some "Better Alternative to Factory Recommended Break in" or "Magical Break in Breakthrough gives you 50 Horsepower" (Usually lawnmower/ and bike engines) Yet the did NOT use that break in procedure himself and has absolutely no scientific evidence to back it up.
There are people here seeking REAL advice about their cars, who may not have any automotive background and these posts just confuse the issue tremendously.

Thanks, Mike
My Edit.. Added everything after the '!' in the 1st line.

 

Believe the manual. That's why its there.

 

Why would you credit the Honda engineers with development of cutting-edge technology in the S2K and then presume that they don't know enough about the design to give proper break-in recommendations?