for early this afternoon/ late morning I need to know if a strech of 15 to 20 high way miles will hurt a fresh rebuild. Cause thats the only way I can for-see taking her home on her first offical drive with me behind the wheel. thats exluding the machanic who worked on the car at the shop, he had to test the new brake calipers, the old ones were completely seized up. back to the point.



If it makes any difference I will NOT exceed the 65mph speed limit for the sake of the rebuild of course.



I can garantee I'll get a little turned around if I go any other way since I've never taken the scenic route to the shop. And I'll be on a slightly tight shedule that really doesn't leave more then 15 minutes of lost/ confusion time. Since I'll be needing to get to work, which where I'll be driving her (the car) to. And the other main way has so many confusing backroad detours for the rte 300 way. I've seen locals get messed up casuse of the unclear manner that the detour signs were placed. I don't mean to rip on the road crew but, the road crew wasn't thinking straight on this one .



thanks in advance for the input.

i think you should be okay.. just do the whole warming up of the car first, make sure all the fluids are there.. and then take it slow.. build up speed slowly and get it to 65.. you should be fine.. maybe try not revvin over 3k or even 2.5 k if possible..

the recomendations for breaking in an engine are as follows:



keep the rpms under 4000, and throttle under about 50% for about 600-1000miles

ok, yah I'll take it slow like. It will be like being on a normal 55mph road I'll just keep my 4 ways on till up to speed so that the other drivers get the idea. Plus I'll let it warm up.

Dont be so paranoid.



Just dont go running WOT and you will be just fine

Yea, vary engine speed too if you can...while keeping it below 4K...so swtich between 5th and 4th gear...just keep it on the move for the most part. It's recommended to not maintain a constant engine RPM for a long period of time on a new engine.. but I think you'll be just fine..your not going from VA to TX on a new engine,lol..

Not according to vosko

thanks all. Shes home home now. Everything went redictuloulsy smooth at the insurance place and the dmv. So I had more time work with. I varied 4th and 5th and once I got off the exit I took the back roads which gave me no choice but to vary between 3rd and 4th.



One problem to report though. The clutch stuck to the floor once. Couldn't use my foot to get it back up so, I pulled over and pulled it up with my hand. Then I tested it with my foot. it came half way up twice then then returned to normal. I was having a bit of trouble before with the clutch slave cylinder, so the machanic will take a look at it when I go to get it inspected.

break it in with a burnout, thats the best way.





no im joking, listen to everyone's suggestions. vary rpms, keep under 4k, no WOT preferably around 50%, etc.



kevin.

your clutch problem sounds like the slave cylinder or clutch hose problem. Check your clutch fluid and make sure its full. ive had that happen to me 3 times already. i finally changed out the slave and master cylinder and hose. I bet you are running low on fluid that since you jsut got a rebuild and it wasnt filled up like its supposted to be.