GTO Burnout
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From: Detroit
Originally posted by Ken S
so nobody's here done a few burnouts, drag strip runs, a bunch of spirited starts laying down strips of rubber on the road, and a couple of WOT to redline rows thru the gear in their new car?
When does abuse really start? If I take the car WOT to redline multiple times a day, do a few spirited starts that sometimes end up spinnign the tires in 1st, and go a little heavy on the brakes, is that abuse?
Of course I wouldn't be complaining about tire, brake, clutch (relatively) wear, since obviously they are going to wear down, but does that mean if something goes wrong with the engine, I'm SOL? Then perhaps GM should put in nondefeatable traction control and lower the rev limiter to 4000 rpms.
I mean its easy to point out the obvious abuse, like needlessly bouncing off the rev limiter on a cold engine during a 5 min burnout while standing on the brakes... but when does it start and stop? I guess with whatever the service manage decides on?
so nobody's here done a few burnouts, drag strip runs, a bunch of spirited starts laying down strips of rubber on the road, and a couple of WOT to redline rows thru the gear in their new car?
When does abuse really start? If I take the car WOT to redline multiple times a day, do a few spirited starts that sometimes end up spinnign the tires in 1st, and go a little heavy on the brakes, is that abuse?
Of course I wouldn't be complaining about tire, brake, clutch (relatively) wear, since obviously they are going to wear down, but does that mean if something goes wrong with the engine, I'm SOL? Then perhaps GM should put in nondefeatable traction control and lower the rev limiter to 4000 rpms.
I mean its easy to point out the obvious abuse, like needlessly bouncing off the rev limiter on a cold engine during a 5 min burnout while standing on the brakes... but when does it start and stop? I guess with whatever the service manage decides on?
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Tell that to my broken 10 bolt.. 
45k miles, RIP.. And the replacement 10 bolt I got isn't faring well either right now.. sigh.. should have just gotten that 9" Ford to begin with..
Maybe its the fates telling me to get that GTO..
45k miles, RIP.. And the replacement 10 bolt I got isn't faring well either right now.. sigh.. should have just gotten that 9" Ford to begin with.. Maybe its the fates telling me to get that GTO..
Originally posted by JoeliusZ28
Umm your car is already broken in. Doing stuff like that on a broken in car isnt going to hurt it much. Its called breaking the car in right, so you have a few more hp to play with later
Umm your car is already broken in. Doing stuff like that on a broken in car isnt going to hurt it much. Its called breaking the car in right, so you have a few more hp to play with later
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Originally posted by Ken S
Tell that to my broken 10 bolt.. 45k miles, RIP.. And the replacement 10 bolt I got isn't faring well either right now.. sigh.. should have just gotten that 9" Ford to begin with..
Maybe its the fates telling me to get that GTO..
Tell that to my broken 10 bolt..
45k miles, RIP.. And the replacement 10 bolt I got isn't faring well either right now.. sigh.. should have just gotten that 9" Ford to begin with.. Maybe its the fates telling me to get that GTO..
) Oh well, mybad.
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Originally posted by JoeliusZ28
Umm your car is already broken in. Doing stuff like that on a broken in car isnt going to hurt it much. Its called breaking the car in right, so you have a few more hp to play with later
Umm your car is already broken in. Doing stuff like that on a broken in car isnt going to hurt it much. Its called breaking the car in right, so you have a few more hp to play with later
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Originally posted by R377
There's two schools of thought on that one. I've also read where if you break 'em in fast, they'll always be fast; if you break 'em in slow, they'll always be slow. One guy even explained how breaking them in fast allows the rings to set better for higher compression and more power for the life of the engine (I can't remember the exact theory).
There's two schools of thought on that one. I've also read where if you break 'em in fast, they'll always be fast; if you break 'em in slow, they'll always be slow. One guy even explained how breaking them in fast allows the rings to set better for higher compression and more power for the life of the engine (I can't remember the exact theory).
And pistons and rings are replaced annually, supposedly. I know these are two completely different platforms, but im going to stick with the method I trust rather than some new theory.
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