View Poll Results: How many miles before you put the pedal to the metal?
Newly Delivered / Shortly After Delivery?
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21.74%
50 to 500 Miles?
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500 to 1000 Miles?
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1000 Miles or More
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2014 Break-In Mileage
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2014 Break-In Mileage
I am wondering how long you have waited to "HAMMER" the pedal to the metal on your new Mustang V6, V8, Shelby..whatever you have. Buried in the owners manual it says "Break-In period for the engine is 1000 miles". Just curious.
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I followed the manual which says to vary the RPMs (I forget how long. 500mi?) That means you can floor it. Just don't cruise at 2k rpm for like 10 min straight
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I really couldn't help it, but I had to feel the power after about 20 miles. I came over from a turbo 4 banger and just couldn't resist the fact that I now have torque below 3500 rpms! It's my weekend car and it sits all week. I'd be waiting for a few months if I had to wait for 1,000 miles. I'm sitting at 250 miles now and the car has seen quite a few bursts. I've never revved it out to 7 grand yet, but I still rip to 5-6 grand.
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I plan to take it pretty easy (3500-4000 peak RPM) for the first 500 - will break it in driving to work and back which is half back roads, half highway, so should be perfect.
500-1000 will probably bring her up to 5000-5500 a couple times, then after 1000k it's game on
What's the Ford recommendation for first oil change? I will be driving the car hard once its broken in (as in track days at various road courses). I should be just a tick past 1000 when I get to Watkins Glen in August, and I plan to do an oil change right before... haven't broken in a car that is track worthy before
500-1000 will probably bring her up to 5000-5500 a couple times, then after 1000k it's game on
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What's the Ford recommendation for first oil change? I will be driving the car hard once its broken in (as in track days at various road courses). I should be just a tick past 1000 when I get to Watkins Glen in August, and I plan to do an oil change right before... haven't broken in a car that is track worthy before
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I plan to take it pretty easy (3500-4000 peak RPM) for the first 500 - will break it in driving to work and back which is half back roads, half highway, so should be perfect.
500-1000 will probably bring her up to 5000-5500 a couple times, then after 1000k it's game on
What's the Ford recommendation for first oil change? I will be driving the car hard once its broken in (as in track days at various road courses). I should be just a tick past 1000 when I get to Watkins Glen in August, and I plan to do an oil change right before... haven't broken in a car that is track worthy before
500-1000 will probably bring her up to 5000-5500 a couple times, then after 1000k it's game on
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What's the Ford recommendation for first oil change? I will be driving the car hard once its broken in (as in track days at various road courses). I should be just a tick past 1000 when I get to Watkins Glen in August, and I plan to do an oil change right before... haven't broken in a car that is track worthy before
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I plan to take it pretty easy (3500-4000 peak RPM) for the first 500 - will break it in driving to work and back which is half back roads, half highway, so should be perfect.
500-1000 will probably bring her up to 5000-5500 a couple times, then after 1000k it's game on![Smile](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
What's the Ford recommendation for first oil change? I will be driving the car hard once its broken in (as in track days at various road courses). I should be just a tick past 1000 when I get to Watkins Glen in August, and I plan to do an oil change right before... haven't broken in a car that is track worthy before
500-1000 will probably bring her up to 5000-5500 a couple times, then after 1000k it's game on
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What's the Ford recommendation for first oil change? I will be driving the car hard once its broken in (as in track days at various road courses). I should be just a tick past 1000 when I get to Watkins Glen in August, and I plan to do an oil change right before... haven't broken in a car that is track worthy before
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I changed the oil at 550 miles, now it's at 6,000....gonna change it soon, no burning, seems like light ticking at idle, but not sure.
I haven't driven it too hard, stock V6 feels like I am hurting it driving it hard, but I stepped out of a PI cam and PI intake equipped 2V 4.6 thunderbird with 3.73 gears and a tune, so, this car feels different to say the least, than what I was used to.
I haven't driven it too hard, stock V6 feels like I am hurting it driving it hard, but I stepped out of a PI cam and PI intake equipped 2V 4.6 thunderbird with 3.73 gears and a tune, so, this car feels different to say the least, than what I was used to.
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Next car im changing every 500 miles. So when I take a trip back home to Wisconsin, I'll change the oil five times total, cuz you know you magically need to change the oil before any trip.
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I changed the oil at 550 miles, now it's at 6,000....gonna change it soon, no burning, seems like light ticking at idle, but not sure.
I haven't driven it too hard, stock V6 feels like I am hurting it driving it hard, but I stepped out of a PI cam and PI intake equipped 2V 4.6 thunderbird with 3.73 gears and a tune, so, this car feels different to say the least, than what I was used to.
I haven't driven it too hard, stock V6 feels like I am hurting it driving it hard, but I stepped out of a PI cam and PI intake equipped 2V 4.6 thunderbird with 3.73 gears and a tune, so, this car feels different to say the least, than what I was used to.
I have rebuilt motors and never had problems with oil burning, we always run them on a dyno to load the motors and check them. I'll say we run then harder in the first 5 minutes then you will do in you cars life, (not to say you can't kill it though. I also run the break in oil for the first 1000 miles, it helps seat the rings and float the metal chips/ dirt out. 500 miles may be to short.
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