The BEST Break for a new car. "very long"

[Darin Morgan]

Originally Posted by Bentley78

Darin, I live in a place where its Warm all year round!! Hawaii....

Which Amsoil weight do you suggest i run? And would that weight go for any synthetic oil i.e. if i can only get my hands on Mobil 1?

My friend will be doing some Loads on my car in Phoenix today before it heads out to Hawaii. He will be strictly following your guidelines.

Thanks.

In a hot humid environment like that just run 5W30. Probably a good idea to get a 160 thermostat as well. My 160 thermostat lets me run at 185-195F on hot days instead of 220F with the stock thermostat. The factory wants these engine to run at 200+F because it makes emissions better but it sucks for power. I have seen data from Hendrick and done some testing myself on engine temp verses power. The results from both tests where very clear. Over 100F you loose 4hp per 10F increase in temp up to 220F.

You go from 180F to 220F you loose 16hp.
You go from 120F to 200F you loose 32hp.
You want the best ET on the track you run engine cold and rear end warm to hot. Professional Drag Racers shock cool the engine with a high pressure tank down to 45F, launch at 100F and never exceed 160F on run. Of course you will never see an instance where you can or want to use this but I thought I would point out how Pro racers go to extremes to cool the engine for more power. I have seen many times at NASCAR qualifying events where they would shock cool the engine after some hard laps and pick up a full second!
Cooler is better to a point. On stock street engine 160-180 is ok.

[mydreamcar]

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[the rich dude]

Originally Posted by Darin Morgan

I will tell you who I buy it from.

Ken Olive
AMSOIL Premier Direct Jobber #1132530
(920) 860-0116
www.ModernOils.com

Thanks bud!

[Darin Morgan]

Night before last I took the car out and used my HP Tuner software logger to log some acceleration runs. The car has 1565 miles on it. I logged ten runs from standing start to 1XX mph (I am not saying how fast) Here are my best 0-60mph times throwing out the ones I messed up on. This is the STOCK tune.

5.02
5.08
5.03
5.09
5.10
5.008

I think that looks pretty good for a stock car with a oil change, loud mouth II exhaust, ported throttle body and a cold air intake.

[formaxboxers]

I've read the thread and I'm wondering if you have to do the "computer reset" to the manual tranny, only thing I remember seeing about this was talking about the auto tranny, can you clarify on this subject or tell me what thread goes into detail on this?

[Darin Morgan]

Originally Posted by formaxboxers

I've read the thread and I'm wondering if you have to do the "computer reset" to the manual tranny, only thing I remember seeing about this was talking about the auto tranny, can you clarify on this subject or tell me what thread goes into detail on this?

No. Only the L99 auto.

[bobby35ny]

What thermostat do we have in our cars stock?
-bobby

[formaxboxers]

Originally Posted by Darin Morgan

No. Only the L99 auto.

Thanks for the info!

[Darin Morgan]

Originally Posted by bobby35ny

What thermostat do we have in our cars stock?
-bobby

Its about 180-190F or some where between.

[rebelliondog206]

Darin,

What do you think of your New Era CAI and why did you choose that one?

My 2SS is scheduled for production this coming week.... the wait is almost over.

[Darin Morgan]

Originally Posted by rebelliondog206

Darin,

What do you think of your New Era CAI and why did you choose that one?

My 2SS is scheduled for production this coming week.... the wait is almost over.

I like it. I like it a lot. I like the way it looks and everyone who sees it thinks it looks really cool. I personally like it because its a true cold air intake that takes the air from the front of the car in front of the radiator. In the logged runs from HPtuners VCM scanner utility I can see the air temp as I drive around. On a hard acceleration run I am only one to two degrees above ambient. Its also very strait with slight bends.

[Silver Surfer]

Darin,

After picking it up from the dealer, how many miles of doing the break-in do you advise before getting the oil change?

I know you said to do hard accelerations as far as up to 90mph, but is their a certain rpm that we shouldnt hit or stay at??

o and on as far as warming the engine up should we let it sit in idle for 10-15 mins or is it better to just go and drive it around the city doing 20-30 mph for 10-15 mins, before you start doing the break-in???

Yeah, i know your probably thinking is their anything else i want to ask.. lol, but i really want to know what im doing and get it RIGHT the first time.. So the car will perform at its BEST!!

[the rich dude]

driving around with light load is always the best way to warm a engine up. warms up quicker than letting it sit there and idle

[khislop007]

Do the first oil change at 500 miles.