[remoer]

as some of ya know i'm doing a N/A a6 rebuild w/p29 and cbr600rr. my question is:
1) should i drive my car first breaking in my motor w/highway miles, a cai and my z6 im w/gsr tb (i was going to drive from ny to ga and back) then put on my itb's
2) or just slap my itb tune then break in the hard way?(also do the same as in driving miles)

advice, please. thanks. but remember opinion are like assholes everyone has one. :TU:

EDIT: well i did some more research and i found some good info for future builder. here ya go:

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878397

http://www.importbuilders.com/breakinarticle.htm

 

[Tougeoni]

I would do the first option, but don't drive it around untill it gets tuned. The most you want to run a fresh engine un-tuned is just enough to to seat the rings and check for problems. After that hit the dyno. If your tuner knows what he/she is doing then your engine should be broken in just fine during part throttle tunning.

If you drive it around you risk doing more damage then good. Most of the time the engine will either run too rich or too lean.

Here's a pretty good link going more in depth on it.
Engine break in

 

[Eyal 951]

i would seat the rings with the plenum installed so you can be close to tune. Tune the ITB's after you have the rings seated, and a few miles on the motor.

 

[SpoolinSol]

x4 for breaking it in w/ the IM on... you don't wanna get on it w/o the car tuned....

 

[remoer]

that what i thought and my first option. but when you hear so much bullshit on line you need to ask. thanks.

 

[Dibble]

Put a 200miles on it then beat on it.

 

[remoer]

i thought it was like 500-1000 miles. anyway whatever it is i'm going to drive from GA to NY and then back. cause i do know highway miles are better for the motor then stop n go miles.

 

[lsturbohatch10]

but you need stop and go miles to properly break in the clutch....

 

[remoer]

it's a no win-win. lol.

 

[rattmann316]

it's a no win-win. lol.

you could randomly do 3rd or 4th gear pulls on fools

 

[remoer]

bump for the edit.