Tippie
Hero member
- Location
- Dr?bak, Norway
So I should go for a 150km drive up the motorway and back in my van to bed in the new discs and pads I just fitted to it, never touching the brakes?
Putting a mileage on this is ridiculous. Ten minutes on a twisty road on your new tyres is far different to 500km trundling along. If people want to spend ages "breaking in" their rebuilt engine, tyres and brakes, go for it, but plenty of people on here have had excellent results doing otherwise.
Anyone with a nouse of mechanical feel can tell when an engine doesn't want to rev, be it a stone cold motor on a winters morning or a newbuild. The same with tyres, you take it easy until you can feel that they are gripping properly. These guidelines are for those who cannot tell the difference.
The absolute best running in bullshit I ever read was an Australian journalist who noted that the test 3CL he got from new, with a very tight motor, had lower revs at 100kmh as it loosened up.
Putting a mileage on this is ridiculous. Ten minutes on a twisty road on your new tyres is far different to 500km trundling along. If people want to spend ages "breaking in" their rebuilt engine, tyres and brakes, go for it, but plenty of people on here have had excellent results doing otherwise.
Anyone with a nouse of mechanical feel can tell when an engine doesn't want to rev, be it a stone cold motor on a winters morning or a newbuild. The same with tyres, you take it easy until you can feel that they are gripping properly. These guidelines are for those who cannot tell the difference.
The absolute best running in bullshit I ever read was an Australian journalist who noted that the test 3CL he got from new, with a very tight motor, had lower revs at 100kmh as it loosened up.