While breaking in my car, i over revved... and i'm only at 460miles..
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I don't have P5, but as we all know, MSP owners are postwhores and will stick their noses in anything. 
I tend to believe (and agree with many who've said the same) that with today's standards and techniques, the engines don't really need a true "Break In" as they used to. I did however only race the MSP once before hitting the 1,000 mark. It was around 600 miles or so. It's all personal belief, or so it seems.
The main reason I believe it is the good ole statement: Drive your car like it will be driven for as long as you have it. If you drive it like a grandma, the engine will form it's marks (or ridges, whatever) at low RPMs, potentionally causing damage once you do get on it. I don't know who/what to believe, but that made the most common sense to me.
I tend to believe (and agree with many who've said the same) that with today's standards and techniques, the engines don't really need a true "Break In" as they used to. I did however only race the MSP once before hitting the 1,000 mark. It was around 600 miles or so. It's all personal belief, or so it seems.
The main reason I believe it is the good ole statement: Drive your car like it will be driven for as long as you have it. If you drive it like a grandma, the engine will form it's marks (or ridges, whatever) at low RPMs, potentionally causing damage once you do get on it. I don't know who/what to believe, but that made the most common sense to me.
Re: Re: While breaking in my car, i over revved... and i'm only at 460miles..
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No you didn't damage anything. I agree with the others who say break in periods are a nice idea, but not NECESSARY. And whether they're necessary or not, 4500 isn't anything close to an "overrev" that could be in a problem for your engine.
spazspike said:
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No you didn't damage anything. I agree with the others who say break in periods are a nice idea, but not NECESSARY. And whether they're necessary or not, 4500 isn't anything close to an "overrev" that could be in a problem for your engine.
I agree with you guys.
But let's go by what the Mazda owners manual says:
Break in period is only 600 miles.
No where in the manual says keep it below 4500 RPM or anything like that.
Only says, on this period of break-in, do not rev the engine hard when cold and do not keep the engine at the same RPM for long time.
Look at your new owners manual and you'll see.
Simple.
Your engine is going to perform based on how you break it in.
Is good idea and won't harm anything to rev that engine every once and a while.
But let's go by what the Mazda owners manual says:
Break in period is only 600 miles.
No where in the manual says keep it below 4500 RPM or anything like that.
Only says, on this period of break-in, do not rev the engine hard when cold and do not keep the engine at the same RPM for long time.
Look at your new owners manual and you'll see.
Simple.
Your engine is going to perform based on how you break it in.
Is good idea and won't harm anything to rev that engine every once and a while.
Drive it, Drive it like you want to drive it...
My uncle even waited till he hit 5000k on his civic Si-R which is insane..
When I pick mine up on monday, I am gonna go flying...
Zoom-Zoom-Zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom
The car will probably have 2000k on it by weeks end too...
My uncle even waited till he hit 5000k on his civic Si-R which is insane..
When I pick mine up on monday, I am gonna go flying...
Zoom-Zoom-Zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom
The car will probably have 2000k on it by weeks end too...
Being that I just bought my P5 and it is the first new car that I have had in a long time (not counting my wife's minivan), I actually read the owners manual. According to Mazda, your primary things to avoid during the break in period are excessive racing of the engine, maintaing constant speed for extended periods (no cruise control) and no unnecessary hard breaking. I figure since Mazda is paying for the warrenty, I will follow their advice. Although, I want to Zoom Zoom...
Iconoclast
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- classic red P5
everyone else pretty much hit the nail squarely...
...drive it how your gonna drive it,
...once in a while its ok to let loose,
...proper maintenance(including prayers offered to the Machine God,seriously)
...being "nice" to your whip.
...and thats what the redline is for, reminds you you're f0kkin up
hell, i patched 7000 in 2nd got a good 3.5 seconds too, ONCE
and anyways before i accually bought my P5 i put 78 miles on it w/ test drives-how keen is that!
HAMBURGER!
...drive it how your gonna drive it,
...once in a while its ok to let loose,
...proper maintenance(including prayers offered to the Machine God,seriously)
...being "nice" to your whip.
...and thats what the redline is for, reminds you you're f0kkin up
hell, i patched 7000 in 2nd got a good 3.5 seconds too, ONCE
and anyways before i accually bought my P5 i put 78 miles on it w/ test drives-how keen is that!
HAMBURGER!
Mazda P5 driver
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- 07 Legacy GT
I was messing around with the sprt shift and did it by accident. Then I went to shift ontime at redline but it went past redline first.
anarchistchiken
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- 03 Silver Protege5
I don't know about the regular protege, but the P5's actual redline is 6800 if I'm not mistaken. But maybe you already knew that. That's where rev limiter kicks in most of the time if I'm not paying as close attention as I should.
6,800 eh? I am going to have to say no... because I know for a fact that I do that quite a bit.
by quite a bit i mean once and awhile to have fun.. to tell you the truth with the cold air intake there is nothing past 6000 rpm in speed gains anyway so why bother.
and to answer the guys question at the top... no I have bounced my engine off the rev limiter there is a reason it is there and I am happy it is there.
If you have reved your car up that high it is not going to hurt it but don't do it on a everyday basis, and keep in mind it is a protege 5 not a porsche.
my rev limiter is 7 or 7,200 one or the other..
by quite a bit i mean once and awhile to have fun.. to tell you the truth with the cold air intake there is nothing past 6000 rpm in speed gains anyway so why bother.
and to answer the guys question at the top... no I have bounced my engine off the rev limiter there is a reason it is there and I am happy it is there.
If you have reved your car up that high it is not going to hurt it but don't do it on a everyday basis, and keep in mind it is a protege 5 not a porsche.
my rev limiter is 7 or 7,200 one or the other..
