Quick99

Just ordered a car from Les Stanford in Michigan which is about 700 miles from my home, 600 of which is Interstate. Are there any specific concerns or suggestions I need to be aware of as I drive the car home? I am thinking about engine / drive train break in...

Quick99

Forgot, I bought a Stingray and will trade in the AO you see in my pictures..

Kracka

See box 1:
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/docs/...ationGuide.pdf

Big Lebowski

I have always been told to vary your speed in the first 500 miles. Specifically, don't use cruise control. And then vary up or down by 5 mph. It may be an old wives tale but I've been told that by several people on different cars. Enjoy the ride!

Weasel

Hi. I bought from Les Standard too. About 3 weeks ago. I had it in my mind to get all black/7 speed coupe, but they have so many to choose from in stock that I ended up with silver/red, 3LT, 7 speed coupe instead. P.S. It's been on "performance exhaust" ever since.

Larry/car

You are suppose to vary the engine speed (RPM) and not cruse at a constant speed. I wouldn't let the engine go into four cylinder mode (if an automatic select manual shifting) manual, don't select econo, until you feel the engine is broken in (500/1,000 miles). This helps the engine's piston rings to set to the cylinder.

Quick99

Great comment about the Econ mode and manual shifting with the Automatic which is what I ordered.. Thanks

speedlink

Two things, first read the owners manual, it's on line. Second, the break in is mainly for the gearing, transmission and rear end and other drive line components. That's what varying the speeds are for. The engine not so much.
Also, as has been stated by others, don't use cruise control or Econ setting.

NSC5

The differential usually gets very hot during the early miles of break-in. Avoid sustained high speed and give it a couple of short cool-down breaks during the first 50 miles.

Most people don't follow any sort of break-in procedure anymore and vehicles seem to survive just fine but being a good German I still follow manufacturer's orders It is also amazing to me how many people jump into a cold vehicle, start it, and immediately apply heavy throttle to jump into traffic. Being at the other end of the scale I have been known to circle through a small town a few times to get fluids up to temperature before pulling back onto the interstate after an overnight stop.

The break-in process used to be a lot more involved. I remember the new IH Travelall my parents bought in 1973 (I was too young to drive but starting to get interested in such things) had a very involved procedure including late in the break-in procedure manually selecting low gear to run the engine to rated RPM (only 3600 for those big old engines) under light load.

eboggs_jkvl

May I ask why? The pistons don't stop going up and down in the ECO mode so you are still breaking in the cylinders but you're not supplying fuel or spark to 4 cylinders. Leaving it in "Tour" shouldn't have any effect on the break-in of the engine. Well, that's my thoughts but as usual, old people can be wrong over silly stuff. I'd think that varying the speed in highway conditions can be done in tour and work for break-in.

Elmer

level6

The owner's manual is more specific about break-in than they were for previous generations. It talks about brakes, tires, varying the speed, etc.

Don't be alarmed if your tach only shows a redline of around 4k on the display, the full rev limit will appear at 1500 miles.

I just got my Stingray a couple days ago and am so happy. The feel is so much tighter than the C6. Very very exciting car.

Quick99

Thanks, not only did I read the Guide, I printed it to read again in 6 weeks when the car shows up...

Quick99

Thanks for the response and I am sure we will enjoy the ride all the way back home...

Quick99

Except for the color & transmillion, Crystal Red / Auto, we have siimular cars.. Bought from Les Stanford because he was willing to deal rather than gouge...

Quick99

I love the Forum! Thanks for your comments..

Quick99

Variable red lines based on conditions - now that Technology... Thanks for your response...

LIE2ME

It is 345 miles from my dealer in Jasper, Florida to my home in Camden, South Carolina, mostly on the interstate. From what I am reading, that means on the ride home:

1. No eco mode
2. No cruise control
3. Auto trans in manual mode
4. Vary speed
4. No sudden starts or stops (unless unavoidable)

Is that all? Well, I guess the good news is by the time I get my new baby home, I should be REAL comfortable paddle shifting...

KenHorse

My drive home was 430 miles and mostly open highway/freeway.

I just changed gears between 5, 6 and 7th every 15 minutes or so and varied my speed from 60 to 75....

LIStingray

My wife does that all the time - with her cars; and to be honest in 27 years, over 10 different vehicles (7 of which were Hondas) and about 400,000 miles, there hasn't been a single hiccup or failure that I can say was related.
Me, on the other hand, always warm up my cars and never run them hard until fully up to temperature and in 32 years, 14 vehicles and 700,000 miles, I haven't seen any failures either.
I will break my C7 in according to the book, and drive it the same way I always do, but I am not convinced it makes any real difference.

Modshack

Poor training..It's my experience that wives need warming up too..