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Originally Posted by floraneg
Darin,
Forgive me, but I am stupid when it comes to the mechanics of cars. I love the thrill of speed. I purchased the '05 Vett and now (Monday) I will be the proud parent of the 2SS. I have been reading your advice on the engine break-in and just want to make sure that I have it correct. At first I thought your advice was just for the maual engines, but after reading other postings I now understand that it is also meant for the automatic. I have to admit that accelerating to 90mph and shifting from "D" to "N" is kind of scary the bigger art is droping it back to "D" from "N" at 50mph. I read your response that it would have no problem doing this. The part I'm fuzzy on is how many times do you do this at each drive time? Do you accelerate to 90 drop to 50, reengage to 90 and continue over and over for a set number of times? I saw where people said to let the car cool for 4 hours then the next run let it cool overnight. I guess I'm clear on the sealing of the rings, just not clear if there is a set number of times it should be run from 90 to 50 and then back and forth from 50 to 90 or when you drop it back to "D" at 50 should you drop below a certain speed to gun it back to 90. Again I'm not an engineer or have a nack for these things. I can fill the tank up with gas and love to feel the power, just not very clear on what gets me there in between. Thanks for your posts and expertise. By the way, I'm a CPA, so if you need any help with your taxes, I'm your man.
Thanks again.
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If you go back and read my initial post the "recipe" is pretty much laid out.
I do NOT propose that anyone break the speed limit nor am I going to say that you must do so in order to break the engine in correctly. As I stated before, you just accelerate to a speed you feel comfortable with. I am also not going to propose that anyone shove the thing in neutral after the run unless you have professional driving experiance as this can dangerous. Although modern trans will probably not lock up and just "skip" if you shove it in reverse the danger is still present. Just shift to a higher gear and that will prevent engine breaking. Just go out and load the engine through the gear at full throttle. 5-10-20 times it up to you. If in doubt just read the initail post that started this thread.