elkk

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.

TheDivaDanielle

I believe it was about four miles before my fiancée put the hammer down

MD1

8 miles in and some ricer tried it. No.

Hadtohaveit'13

Hahahh

stangfoeva

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

thegame

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.

11SHELBYGT500

This exactly. Jason got something right for once. jester:

dmichaels

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

Cobra 2997

I'd probably wait at least a few thousand miles before the first oil change. Seems like a few have ended up with the infamous engine ticking when the oil was changed early. I'm not sure if there is some type of additive added to the factory oil fill or not ....

TheDivaDanielle

First oil change at 10,000 miles, along with topping off along the way

11SHELBYGT500

10k? way to hold out

stangfoeva

You bastard!

TheDivaDanielle

I'm assuming you meant

"Way to follow the Manufacturers recommendation, instead of acting like I know better than them. "

I can read through your lines.

11SHELBYGT500

I'm proud of you, you didn't run out and get an oil change with 35 miles on the OD like a lot of these guys.

Earlsays

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.

TheDivaDanielle

I think they're pretty dumb.

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.

werdna65

Wife drives it to work and back every day, I get to drive it mostly on the weekends, She's easy on it I drive it like I stole it and the red lights are behind me. Can't say I have had it to the floor yet but I have been close, The 3.31 gears don't need much to get it rolling fast.
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.

kn7671

Wait... There's a break-in period?

Like, OMFG people, go drive your fracking car!

Brandon302

It does say so in the manual, though it's probably just to cover their hides.

2012GT

Seat the rings pulling out the lot!