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03-24-2015, 09:39 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SGM 1LT M6 Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rochester, NY
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LLT break in
So as of Thursday of this week my baby will have gone through heart surgery and will have a brand new LLT crate motor with 0 miles. I've never owned a new car before and have always bought used so I've never been through a motor break-in period.
What is the best process for this? Amount of driving? Oil Changes? Things to Avoid? Let me know guys I wanna do this right. |
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03-24-2015, 09:51 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LS 3.6 LLT V6 325 HP Join Date: May 2009
Location: LS
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An engineer advised me to keep it running up t 4 hrs to temper the block and vary the throttle, taking it on a drive up and down hills.
I did this the first day and my LLT has been rock solid so far.
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03-24-2015, 10:16 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SGM 1LT M6 Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rochester, NY
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I have no problem driving it for four hrs
 Its been 3 weeks since ive driven her and ive got the itch real bad
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03-24-2015, 11:03 AM
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Drives: '13 2LT/RS Twin Turbo Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
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I say break it in hard.
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03-24-2015, 05:29 PM
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Drives: 94 Camaro, 10 1LT IBM Camaro Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinos
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I broke my LLT in hard and no problems yet, I have 44,000 miles on mine. I always broke my police cars in hard, just like I was going to use them. My cars were usually some of the fastest most reliable engines in the district. |
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03-25-2015, 04:52 PM
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Drives: 2019 Shock ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: here
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1000 miles or so, keep the RPM's under 4k? No heavy throttle or engine breaking either.
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03-26-2015, 10:04 PM
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Drives: 2011 1LT/RS A6 RJT SuperCharged Join Date: Mar 2011
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Break it in how you plan on driving it. I broke mine in hard.
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03-26-2015, 11:12 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT RS, 2009 GTR Join Date: May 2009
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 Break it in on how you will drive it.
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03-27-2015, 08:27 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SGM 1LT M6 Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rochester, NY
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I've got a pretty heavy foot... I just dont want to push it too hard right off the bat
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