On Fri, 03 Oct 1997 10:08:03 -0500 Keith Knuth
<kknuth@camax.com> wrote:
>There has always been some discussion about how to drive a
new vehicle with
>0
>miles on the engine.... Can you really "get on it" right
away?
Sure drive the @$%* out of it.
Should you
>not drive it
>at highway speeds for the first 200 miles? Don't let the
rpms get too high
>while there
>is under 1000 miles on it, and so on and so forth.
Yea DRive the fist 50-100 miles ot the the track.V8
do 90mph.Get to the track and run it all night.BYW
Post time slips.After 500 miles change ALL fluids.
Most noticeable was the drivetrain test done on the
>truck near the
>end of the assembly. The trucks are pulled up on rollers,
all 4 wheels,
>(looks like a
>big dyno), and the drivers are instructed to go through
all 5 gears and
>bring it up to
>65mph and hold it there for 30 secs.
Sounds like a 1/8 mile pass to me.I bet the just make it to
third.
As you can imagine they want these
>trucks
>through the dyno as quickly as possible so the drivers
REALLY get on the
>pedal
>and run through the gears ( the smell of burnt rubber is
fresh in the air)
>and the engine
>is worked pretty hard. Does anyone have thoughts to the
contrary?
See above.Also drive it hard.If you plan on racing You
will get faster times.
92 CC 4X2 5.2L 4/5RT(stock cam)
1.7Crower, Electric Fans
DTs,Stck coil
B&M Shifter 4200lbs
15.054@90.124
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