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according to the owner's manual (see the link on the home page), you should stay below 4200 rpm for the first 2000 miles. If you can do that, good luck!!!
I think no matter what it would be prudent to keep it down the first 1000 miles, but my of my is that going to be difficult. I am sure that we will get some more qualified opinions of what the limits will be. I average about 50 miles a week so for me waiting could be painful. I guess I will just have to circle the Isaland a few times in the begning.
I think I'll govery easy for the first300 miles (up to 3,000 revs), also letting the tyres, fluids and pads wear in a little. I reckon I'll then increase the revs by 1000rpm each hundred miles. Don't want to be too hard on it but also don't want to be too soft...
I would really like t talk to a Porsche expert mechanic and get his opinion, because this subject is all over the place. I just have to believe that the owners manual is extremely conservative at not exceeding 4300 or 4200 rpms until 2000 miles.
Yes, those figures do seem very conservative. That is going to pure agony. 1000 miles at 4500rpm then gently stretched, as per Justins guides, sounds more like it. But even then, hte temptation is going to be imense!
luckily, with delivery before christmas, there should be a few extra miles going on the car running between relatives. All nicely warmed up and run in for a spank down to the alps in the new year!
I'm breaking in my new 2006 Carrera S right now and stopped by my regular service/maintenance guy. He told me that its safe to go crazy after 1200 miles, but he suggests not running it past 4200 rpm too often until I pass that mark. He didn't recommend an oil change, but suggested that I bring in the car for an alignment pretty soon. He mentioned that the dealers can align it to a 'performance/sport' spec. Never heard of this before, but I will do it since its free.
What is the second most painful experience for a new Cayman owner? If the first is the waiting for our car, then the second must be sitting behind the wheel and not being allowed to stretch her wings all out.
We had another thread on this where K-Man pointed out that factory break-in procedures come from lawyers, not engineers. That explains the contridictory stories.
If you break-in too soft it can burn oil and be down on power. If you break-in too hard it can fail under warranty.
Obviously Porsche would prefer too soft!
He didn't recommend an oil change, but suggested that I bring in the car for an alignment pretty soon. He mentioned that the dealers can align it to a 'performance/sport' spec. Never heard of this before, but I will do it since its free.
Chuck, what do you mean bring it in for 'an alignment'? This is not a term I have come across before.
I read an article a few years ago where some engineer (I think he was based in the States) proved that an engine red-lined from day one would always produce more power than one that was gently run-in. Hisresearch showed that the lower revs polished parts of the engine which never recovered. The high revs helped to bed the engine parts in better etc. Of course I shall be running my Cayman in very carefully, research or no research !
It is definately a difficult decision to make. In my experience of new cars that I have owned from new, 2 of the three I have ragged from day 1. The latest, I ran in per instructions.
The first car, a Ford Puma with the 1.7 (Suzuki) engine, I really ragged from new. It never used a drop of oil in the 20 months I had it, my friend bought it off me and still uses it today (it's now 7 years old) and it has 120,000 miles on the clock and still uses no oil, and is super reliable. The second, an MGF 1.8 VVC I also ragged. Again, no oil usage, no faults (with the engine, at least!) ran fine. My last new car was a Clio RenaultSport 2.0 and that I ran in perfectly, changed oil and filters after 1200 miles and othwise cradled until the run-in period was over. That drank oil like it was going out of fashion, had strange resonances through the rev range (though I
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