). Anyone else got any tips/tricks? 
New Engine & Clutch Break In
New Engine & Clutch Break In ok. my engines currently getting fully rebuilt with new everything. im also installing a new clutch at the same time. how should i break them in ? i know the clutch has to be very slow stop and go with nothing abusive. how should i break in the engine ?
I broke my clutch in for a full 500 easy miles and now it drives like butter.
As for the engine, it needs a wide range of RPMs to break in properly. For example, 1000 miles of 60 MPH cruising on the highway is not a good way to break it in. Drive it around town, starting and stopping, slowly taking the RPMs up and work your way through a few thousand miles as if you were stretching out a rubber band.
As for the engine, it needs a wide range of RPMs to break in properly. For example, 1000 miles of 60 MPH cruising on the highway is not a good way to break it in. Drive it around town, starting and stopping, slowly taking the RPMs up and work your way through a few thousand miles as if you were stretching out a rubber band.
When you break the clutch in. just don't drive the car heavy, trust me. You'll regret it later by having to swap a PP or new disc. IIRC, I never shifted about like 2500 until a like 200 miles, and then like 3000 at 300 miles, and 3500 at 500 miles. I didn't go WOT shifting until like 1k miles. (RPMs may not be completely accurate, but you get the idea) My clutch is very smooth, unlike my first PP/Disc I was on, I gave it hell too soon and it chattered like no other..
As far as the engine break-in. You want the motor to see every range of RPMs
As far as the engine break-in. You want the motor to see every range of RPMs
I would break in the engine properly, regardless of what it does to the clutch, breaking in the engine and seating the rings is paramount.
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you can do both....after you get the motor running and COMPLETELY check everything during the 1st 15 min. change oil/filter and drive at varied RPM's. Take car up to 3500-4500 RPM's in gear and let the motor brake by letting off gas. Do this accelerate/decelerate thing at varied RPM's. This will have no negative effect on clutch.
basically just don't bitch slap the car for 500 miles but do accelerate up to 5k-5500roms in the early stages.
basically just don't bitch slap the car for 500 miles but do accelerate up to 5k-5500roms in the early stages.
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thanks guys. i just want afew different perspectives and thoughts about doing both at the same time like that. id perfer not to **** either of them up but if i have to **** up the clutch to save my engine i certainly will
