Threads Tagged with breakin

[Z06]

WOT during break-in improves performance

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Futfixr on Feb 10, 2006

Feb 12, 2006 10:04 PM
by Bristol

21

2,048

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

Diff Oil Change = New Breakin Period?

Gearhead Jim on Feb 9, 2006

Feb 10, 2006 08:53 PM
by Gearhead Jim

8

681

Why use organic motor oil for break in?

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enkeivette on Jan 22, 2006

Jan 29, 2006 03:26 PM
by Wrecked82

45

2,459

break, breakin, breaking, brek, burnout, c3, cam, engine, motor, procedures, properway, rings, roller, sbc, seat

Good way to break in a new roller cammed engine

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LFZ on Dec 28, 2005

Dec 31, 2005 03:55 PM
by Edzred72

23

18,558

05, 2004, 391, 410, 410s, break, breakin, corvette, forums, gears, gto, motive, period, whining, whinr

4.10 gears break in procedure

starshifter on Dec 14, 2005

Dec 14, 2005 09:57 PM
by starshifter

6

2,453

break, breakin, breaking, c5, converter, gear, period, time, torque

Does a new torque converter need an easy break-in period?

C5XTASY on Oct 26, 2005

Oct 28, 2005 10:40 PM
by C5XTASY

12

19,130

[Z06]

Break in comments

RichardT on Oct 28, 2005

Oct 28, 2005 01:31 PM
by Myhardtop

3

613

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

400, break, breakin, breaking, camaro, chevron, delo, dino, engine, lt1, mobil, oil, rebuild

LT1 break-in oil?

JTHVETTE on Jul 15, 2005

Jul 16, 2005 11:26 PM
by jimbomill

9

1,874

breakin, c5, cam, corvette, forum, procedure

Break In For A New Cam?

not08crmanymore on Jul 8, 2005

Jul 8, 2005 05:14 PM
by kumar75150

8

1,009

2003, 50, after, break, breakin, cam, chevrolet, feels, fine, grit, metal, metalic, miles, oil, particals

What should oil after initial break in look like?

steves_77vette on Jun 30, 2005

Jul 1, 2005 08:52 PM
by tallgirl

12

32,531

1969, 274, 350, breakin, cam, cams, comp, corvette, fail, failures, recommended, spring, vodoo, xe, xe274

Comp Cam Failures XE274

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80TexasC3 on Jun 29, 2005

Jul 1, 2005 05:16 PM
by 73C34me

51

7,341

bad, baer, brake, brakes, break, breakin, breaking, ceramic, dustfor, extremely, hot, pad, pads, porsche, smell

Ceramic Pads, Break in?

Braced on Jun 29, 2005

Jun 30, 2005 09:24 PM
by Alex Levy

17

17,129

break, breakin, c2, cam, corvette, engine, overhaul, rebuild, rebuilding, rebuilt, run, smoke, time, tips

is engine rebuild break-in required anymore?

brucep on Jun 17, 2005

Jun 19, 2005 12:12 PM
by 00fxd

14

1,368

C1 & C2 Corvettes

How much oil do you guys normally have to add to a breaking in motor?

oufan2929 on May 6, 2005

May 7, 2005 12:34 AM
by 90 droptop

5

344

breakin, cam, corvette, eng, engine, procedure, rebuild, roller

Engine Break-In Procedure

Chumpzilla on Apr 13, 2005

Apr 14, 2005 09:02 AM
by Larry3x2

14

1,276

break, breakin, breaking, cam, cams, camshaft, comp, corvette, engine, hydraulic, ls, lt1, procedure, proper, roller

Cam Break In Procedure

dan6712cc on Mar 3, 2005

Mar 3, 2005 03:48 PM
by chriswtx

4

1,574

2011, 2012, bog, break, breakin, c6, corvette, corvettes, detune, detuned, engine, governed, z06

Are the C6's detuned for engine break-in?

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NitrousMan on Feb 20, 2005

Feb 21, 2005 01:57 PM
by mikeyc6

32

2,449

2011, 500, break, breakin, corvette, logging, mile, period, rigional

500 mile break-in period

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TZRaceR6 on Jan 20, 2005

Jan 22, 2005 09:30 PM
by TedG

21

1,353

bad, breakin, c5, c6, corvette, gas, mileage, poor

Poor gas mileage

myronro on Dec 24, 2004

Dec 25, 2004 03:57 AM
by shopdog

15

1,347

2003, 68, breakin, c5, clutch, corvette, install, mn12, performancecommn12transtechhtml, period, removal, sale, time, transmission, wwwmn12

Dumb question about MN12 transmission / clutch

JasonS on Dec 5, 2004

Dec 23, 2004 10:47 PM
by jdmvette

10

3,528

Autocrossing & Roadracing

03, breakin, chage, change, cracks, disk, ichange, new, pad, pads, putting, rotor, rotors, spider, vette

New Pads-old Rotors?

THENAKEDi on Nov 3, 2004

Nov 4, 2004 09:41 PM
by sleepless

9

1,463

Re-torque heads after breakin?

Jughead on Sep 28, 2004

Sep 28, 2004 11:36 PM
by RAT502

2

558

break, breakin, breaking, c3, eaton, posi, procedure, reviews

Any sort of Break-In for a new Eaton Posi?

TIMSPEED on Sep 23, 2004

Sep 25, 2004 11:08 PM
by DragMan

4

1,376

Drag Racing

43, auto, automatic, break, breakin, breaking, breakingin, corvette, speed, tranny, transaxle, transmission

Auto Transmission Break-in procedures

WesC7 on Aug 20, 2004

Aug 21, 2004 06:47 PM
by WesC7

7

2,335

break, breakin, clutch, flywheel, procedure, vette

Fidanza flywheel & Center Force clutch break in ??

Mylzi on Jun 18, 2004

Jun 18, 2004 11:29 AM
by ZR_TO_ENA

1

508

C4 ZR-1 Discussion

break, breakin, breaking, ceramic, dynomax, fresh, header, headers, motor

Ceramic header break-in??

Bobbyg75 on May 29, 2004

May 29, 2004 12:12 PM
by Vetterodder

4

669

bad, breakin, ceramic, coat, coated, coating, competition, good, headers, hooker, painted, pictures, por20, specialties, windsor

Re-coat Hooker Competition Headers, buy new, or leave them alone?

Custum73 on May 18, 2004

May 19, 2004 08:06 PM
by Z-man

14

787

brakein, break, breakin, ceramic, pad, pads, procedure

Ceramic pad "break in"?????

Fastbasser on Mar 23, 2004

Mar 25, 2004 07:22 AM
by Fastbasser

6

675

break, breakin, corevette, engine, miles, period, properly, z06, zo6

[Z06]

Break in period clarification for new Z06 owners

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08msmZ06 on Mar 4, 2004

Mar 11, 2004 11:00 PM
by NYCHASM

52

3,135

break, breakin, corvette, ls6, motor, period

[Z06]

LS6 breakin period

MikeP on Feb 3, 2004

Feb 4, 2004 08:50 PM
by Painrace

8

764

01, brake, brakes, break, breakin, formance, friction, frition, pad, pads, performance, period, procedure, pwrformancr

Performance Friction Pads,How to break them in?

Aggravated4life on Jan 29, 2004

Jan 29, 2004 10:41 PM
by 65Z01

3

1,298

brake, break, breakin, c3, c5, corvette, differential, gear, rear

Differential Break In ????

99SilverC5Coupe on Jan 1, 2004

Jan 1, 2004 02:19 PM
by Mike Mercury

2

696

which oil for break in myth dispelled...

Z06_BluByU on Sep 7, 2003

Sep 7, 2003 08:20 PM
by scorp508

14

571

bearing, break, breakin, breaking, broke, built, cam, clearances, excessive, factory, lt1, period, procedure, rebuild, roller, starting, time

Why didnt the LT1's require a break-in period when neW?

Z06_BluByU on Jul 2, 2003

Jul 3, 2003 11:09 PM
by Lone Ranger

18

5,472

break, breakin, converter, period, torque

Break-in period on new Torque Converter?

Lone Ranger on Jun 16, 2003

Jun 17, 2003 12:05 AM
by vader86

2

1,438

C5 Engine Break-in

Aheash on Mar 18, 2003

Mar 20, 2003 04:57 PM
by fdxpilot

10

529

breakin, burn, burnout, burnouts, drag, hard, hoosier, hoosiers, not, proper, racing, slick, slicks

do I need to do burnouts with Hoosier slicks ??

Austrian Vette on Mar 9, 2003

Mar 11, 2003 12:04 PM
by vette00

8

2,929

Time to break in. OK with Mobil1?

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Robey5 on Jan 14, 2003

Jan 17, 2003 08:42 AM
by Robey5

38

1,353

OK...Now it's my spec III clutch. Having no luck w/ these mods upgrade.

boblackhardtop on Jan 12, 2003

Jan 12, 2003 08:58 PM
by boblackhardtop

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914

Anyone ever heard of 1.4 ratio rockers?

GRX on Dec 26, 2002

Dec 28, 2002 05:40 PM
by GRX

14

2,461

break, breakin, breaking, corvette, engine, motor, procedure

Best Engine break-in procedure?

GRX on Dec 19, 2002

Dec 22, 2002 01:41 PM
by GRX

13

965

breakin, c3, chambered, corvette, corvetteforum, exhaust, mid, mufflers, sound, time, woek

Chambered Exhaust: What do you think??

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MIKES69 on Nov 8, 2002

Nov 13, 2002 09:24 PM
by L48Shark

25

1,904

2010, breakin, breaking, c5, camaro, corvette, differential, gear, gears, nitro, procedure

Break in procedure for new gears?

Nitro-C5 on Nov 5, 2002

Nov 7, 2002 07:21 PM
by Tracy

8

911

How hot is too hot during initial break in? ('57 project)

'86PaceCar on Oct 13, 2002

Oct 16, 2002 02:11 PM
by JohnZ

6

500

C1 & C2 Corvettes

What is the Physics/thermodynamics that explains clutch chatter?

C5Noir on Oct 7, 2002

Oct 8, 2002 11:05 PM
by chuckster

9

720

Engine break-in time.

StingRay6T3 on Oct 1, 2002

Oct 1, 2002 02:34 AM
by SWCDuke

1

439

C1 & C2 Corvettes

Break in period

Rockystoy on Sep 1, 2002

Sep 4, 2002 04:55 PM
by yankees1

9

838

08, 1000, 383, break, breakin, dino, engine, googlecom, lt1, lube, mile, oil, priming, system, z06

383 Break In Procedures.

VetteRacer282 on Aug 21, 2002

Aug 22, 2002 01:24 PM
by Nathan Plemons

14

7,405

2005, break, breakin, breaking, c5, corvette, differential, end, gear, gears, installing, long, procedure, procedures, rear

Break-in procedures for new rear gears?????

8T1-7T9 BIONIC VETTE on Aug 10, 2002

Aug 12, 2002 08:09 AM
by GTR1999

9

888

break, breakin, breaking, corvette, engine, rebuild, tune

Need Tips on breaking in engine after rebuild

Stewart's74 on Jul 31, 2002

Aug 2, 2002 10:02 AM
by Gary79

9

666

Autocrossing & Roadracing

break, breakin, long, motor, right, robert, sikorsky

How long to break in new motor before track???????

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John Shiels on Jun 27, 2002

Jul 2, 2002 07:06 PM
by ElDiablo

21

1,278

advice, break, breakin, breaking, c3, cam, corvette, engine, httpwwwgmgoodwrenchcomcrateengstartupshtml, newly, procedures, rebuilt, roller, video

Okay..how should i break in my newly rebuilt engine after i pick it up ???

Rumpity Rump on Jun 22, 2002

Jun 22, 2002 11:38 PM
by Rumpity Rump

2

577

break, breakin, manual, period, rough, shifts, transmission, zo6

[Z06]

new zo6 break-in. did I screw up?

sgmcneil on Jun 18, 2002

Jun 20, 2002 01:14 PM
by Tracy

12

1,088

308, 355, 370, break, breakin, corvette, engine, gas, mileage, motor, posi, power, procedure, rpm, shift, zz4

ZZ4 break-in completed, and all I can say is ....

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mg62 on Jun 8, 2002

Jun 12, 2002 02:42 PM
by MikeC

40

3,081

Changing lifter, break-in required.

Cookwithvette on Jun 6, 2002

Jun 6, 2002 12:32 PM
by Cookwithvette

2

360

breakin, c5, corvette, dark, dynamaxx, dynomax, forum, glowing, header, headers

Dynomax headers glowing in the dark ?

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MotorHead on Apr 30, 2002

May 2, 2002 09:10 PM
by PatsLs1vette

22

1,662

454, bad, break, breakin, cam, camlobs, cupped, engine, lifter, lifters, lobe, molykote, photo, picture, worn

Engine/ Cam Gurus Why were 3 Cam Lobs worn down by 50% and Lifters Cupped

73-454 on Apr 28, 2002

Apr 29, 2002 07:55 PM
by gdh

10

2,655

08, 2011, break, breakin, breaking, c4, c6, corvette, engine, procedure, proper, stuff, techniques, works, z06

New Engine Break-In technique?

MelloYellow on Apr 19, 2002

Apr 20, 2002 09:46 AM
by Sully C5

10

1,306

break, breakin, c5, converter, inside, overheat, red, sale, tuning, yank

Got my new Yank Converter

93 ragtop on Mar 20, 2002

Mar 24, 2002 01:54 PM
by Slammed Vette

14

692

breakin, breaking, cam, camshaft, carb, header, headers, red, tune

Breaking in cam: Header color question:carb tune.

Aaron-74 on Feb 3, 2002

Feb 3, 2002 11:46 PM
by Aaron-74

9

547

Engine break in technique...

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GlockLT4 on Dec 12, 2001

Dec 26, 2001 09:25 PM
by RED90SIXLT1

29

1,171

Engine Break-In ?

ScubaJKD on Dec 17, 2001

Dec 26, 2001 04:40 AM
by GlockLT4

5

457

Engine Mods

break, breakin, corvette, engine, long, motor, period, rebuilt

Newly rebuilt motor: How long is break-in period???

marky mark on Aug 26, 2001

Aug 26, 2001 11:28 PM
by marky mark

2

413

Breaking Frozen Jam Nuts on Rear Strut Rods

TedH on Aug 24, 2001

Aug 24, 2001 12:13 PM
by robzr

2

498

break, breakin, conventional, motor, oil

[Z06]

Conventional motor oil - break-in results

VettesRule on Aug 15, 2001

Aug 18, 2001 12:20 AM
by Joecooool

17

1,532

New Vette Engine Break In

Dakota Slim on Aug 11, 2001

Aug 13, 2001 07:04 PM
by BruceF

2

529