Shutter866

Does anyone have any advice on how to break in my 06 when it comes in? The dealer where I ordered it is 500 miles away so most of the driving will be on the interstate.

ManEHawke

Right when you get on that onramp really get on it, then once your in the fwy you can probably downshift it occasioaly to get it to meet its range once in a while. Just as long as you dont keep it in 5th or O/D the whole way at a constant low rpm you'll be allright.

southern_stang_girlee

you can always come swing by my house and pick me up.

Zodiac

Yeah.. if you're in Nashville.. which way are you going? If you're starting south or anything near Chattanooga Ill be more than glad to show you how to break in a good pony ^.^

Though I guess 500 miles south would put you well into Georgia...

Shutter866

I'm going up north, I'm buying from ISELLFORD, he has been awesome, He is selling me my Vert for X-plan.

1 COBRA

Shift at low rpms, try to use the overdrive the most you can, and break the long trip by taking breaks. Make sure you keep an eye on the gauges. In addition, I would change the oil at 1K miles.

ManEHawke

I wouldn't baby it straight from being brand spankin new. You gotta build up pressure and run it somewhat hard to properly seal the rings, just don't over abuse it lol.
It doesnt really need an extensive break-in, but if you want optimum performance you know what to do

Zodiac

Yeah... no way would I baby this car... especially being brand new. Id hit off ramps once in a while to run it down through the gears, then gun it up through the gears on the way out.. but no way would I baby it.

Tres Wright

"How to break my new mustang, 500 mile drive from dealer"

I guess you could put a brick on the gas pedal and run it into a bridge abutment or something, but I don't know why you would want to "break your new Mustang" to begin with Seriously, there are lots of different camps on this. Some people believe in breaking it in by revving to a certain RPM and holding it there for a while (within the first 25 miles), change the oil and have at it. Do a search and you'll find that long thread about the "short" break-in. Try it if you dare. Personally I follow the advice in the owner's manual.

BTW, Ford doesn't recommend switching to synthetic oil until around 4k miles. Synthetic oil actually prevents the motor from breaking in properly if used too soon.

dynaflash

Drive it like you stole it

aponyfan

justgreat

i don't know if it's still apllicable since so many advancements have been made in engine design and construction, but when i bought my 86 honda vfr700 motorcycle (v4 liquid cooled) i was told to drive it as hard as i wanted but NOT to drive at a steady speed for anything more than a 5 mins or so. they wanted you to vary your speed on the interstate so that the rings would seat properly and not wear a "pattern" (for lack of a better word, i'm not an engineer and this was 20 years ago!!) into the cylinder walls. they said to do this for the first 500 miles and then all clear for heavy breathing.

probably the best advice given so far is to drive it hard on a regular basis and use what's called a throttle braking procedure once a month, at least: bring the car up to redline in 2nd gear (auto or stick, doesn't matter) and let off the gas, back it down to 35-45 mph and redline it again in 2nd gear, back it do 35/45. do that procedure 4/5 times in a row. what this does is to clean out the combustion chamber of any deposits that have formed in the combustion chamber. any engine that's not run hard ALOT will form deposits, some moreso than others. it's a good idea to try and keep the c/c as free of deposits as possible.

jackg 90seville 97k

bigaloz

drive it like you stole it, but vary your speed.