So, I've got 550 city miles on the new ride. I've been itching to get into this car. Red light, 1st gear, light launch (3-3.5k), and as soon as I got some speed I put my foot in her. First gear was almost non existent, but second gear felt awesome. I didn't do any power shifts meaning it wasn't to the floor when I let the clutch out. At the next light all I smelt was clutch! How could this be? I didn't even launch the thing! Anyone think I got a defective clutch?
I'm sad to say that I think I'll wait another couple hundred miles before I do that again. On a side note, what gave me this crazed idea was the service guys/managers at Langs Mazda. I was talking to them about the CAI and Cat-Back and they all wanted to know one thing.... Hows the power.... Upon telling them I hadn't gotten on it yet I was told to start to. Foot to the floor, don't worry about the clutch, and if anything breaks they'll fix it. One of them said something about breaking it in by getting harder and harder on the engine over the first 500 miles. At 500 miles he said you should be damn near close to running it wide open whenever you want.
For you techies out there they mentioned that the piston rings would set at the bottom of the channel (apparently where you want it?) if you break the engine in like they said too? I got nothing on that statement.
I'm sad to say that I think I'll wait another couple hundred miles before I do that again. On a side note, what gave me this crazed idea was the service guys/managers at Langs Mazda. I was talking to them about the CAI and Cat-Back and they all wanted to know one thing.... Hows the power.... Upon telling them I hadn't gotten on it yet I was told to start to. Foot to the floor, don't worry about the clutch, and if anything breaks they'll fix it. One of them said something about breaking it in by getting harder and harder on the engine over the first 500 miles. At 500 miles he said you should be damn near close to running it wide open whenever you want.
For you techies out there they mentioned that the piston rings would set at the bottom of the channel (apparently where you want it?) if you break the engine in like they said too? I got nothing on that statement.