Hey gang,
Just got my new 04' GT yesterday. Awesome car!! Anyway the owner's manual wants the car driven at varied speeds for the first 500/1000 miles for proper ring seating and break in. Having the 5 speed manual tranny and doing much highway driving it's difficult if not impossible to vary the "engine" speed significantly enough to break the engine in in my opinion. Hell, cruising at 70 in 5th gear only tachs around
1700. If I drop down to 60 then I'm taching 1500, at 50 only a couple of revs less. How the hell is this going to break in the engine? I have dropped to 4th gear on the highway at times just to get the engine revving a little higher, around 2500 to 3000 rpm. I won't go above 3500 rpm during the break in period. Anyway, looking for a little advice on breaking in this engine. Bottom line, it has to be varying the "engine" speed and not the automobile's speed during the break in period that Ford means. How have you guys and gals handled break in.Thanks in advance
Jeff Foglietta