How to break in a new RX-8?
04-14-2006, 09:12 AM
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Redline the car to delay carbon build up on your plugs and your seals... 
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https://www.rx8club.com/australia-new-zealand-forum-37/hesitation-high-rev-found-solution-87376/
:https://www.rx8club.com/australia-new-zealand-forum-37/hesitation-high-rev-found-solution-87376/
04-14-2006, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ZoomZoomH
try to at least redline it once a day, if not more
basically just don't loaf it below 4000rpm all the time, get it up there!
basically just don't loaf it below 4000rpm all the time, get it up there!
04-14-2006, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ZoomZoomH
try to at least redline it once a day, if not more
basically just don't loaf it below 4000rpm all the time, get it up there!
basically just don't loaf it below 4000rpm all the time, get it up there!
04-14-2006, 09:41 AM
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Yea I try redlining once a day, but for this car I would consider that normal driving.
For me hard driving would be redling it in first, second, third, and so on, and I know people who do this at a normal basis. Sometimes I don't get to redline at all because of the lovely boston traffic.
Quick question, what gear do you redline the most? I've only had the chance to redline at 3rd, because by 4th gear im already at 85+ and I usually run out of room.
For me hard driving would be redling it in first, second, third, and so on, and I know people who do this at a normal basis. Sometimes I don't get to redline at all because of the lovely boston traffic.
Quick question, what gear do you redline the most? I've only had the chance to redline at 3rd, because by 4th gear im already at 85+ and I usually run out of room.
04-14-2006, 09:46 AM
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Yea I try redlining once a day, but for this car I would consider that normal driving.
For me hard driving would be redling it in first, second, third, and so on, and I know people who do this at a normal basis. Sometimes I don't get to redline at all because of the lovely boston traffic.
Quick question, what gear do you redline the most? I've only had the chance to redline at 3rd, because by 4th gear im already at 85+ and I usually run out of room.
For me hard driving would be redling it in first, second, third, and so on, and I know people who do this at a normal basis. Sometimes I don't get to redline at all because of the lovely boston traffic.
Quick question, what gear do you redline the most? I've only had the chance to redline at 3rd, because by 4th gear im already at 85+ and I usually run out of room.
04-14-2006, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by HolyCross05
Yea I try redlining once a day, but for this car I would consider that normal driving.
For me hard driving would be redling it in first, second, third, and so on, and I know people who do this at a normal basis. Sometimes I don't get to redline at all because of the lovely boston traffic.
Quick question, what gear do you redline the most? I've only had the chance to redline at 3rd, because by 4th gear im already at 85+ and I usually run out of room.
For me hard driving would be redling it in first, second, third, and so on, and I know people who do this at a normal basis. Sometimes I don't get to redline at all because of the lovely boston traffic.
Quick question, what gear do you redline the most? I've only had the chance to redline at 3rd, because by 4th gear im already at 85+ and I usually run out of room.
04-14-2006, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ZoomZoomH
4th gear redlines at 130mph.... doubt you want to try that on public roads
04-14-2006, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by yiksing
Are you sure 4th gear redlines at 130 mph? I hit 6500 rpm on 6th once so what speed is that
And 4th gear should redline at about 124 mph. You can just about hit top speed w/o getting in to 6th as 5th redlines at about 147.
PS--I did not attempt. This is from test data...
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04-14-2006, 01:00 PM
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So getting back to the thread topic, how have the various owners on this board done their engine break-in? Could we compile enough information to correlate with engine power, fuel economy, compression, or anything else later in the lives of our engines?
04-14-2006, 01:04 PM
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well, anecdotal evidence from me, i did the break-in per the owner's manual, no redline or WOT until 600 miles, and then easy until 1000 miles, then oil change, and then drive normally. For the life of the vehicle, i am average 19.5mpg in 50/50 city/hwy driving, and the motor actually feels stronger now with 30k miles on it than when new...
04-14-2006, 07:27 PM
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I've read many people on Mazda6Club.com that have a lot stronger (about a 10 hp variance between high and low numbers) completely stock engine. More often than not, the ones that break in their engine hard the first few hundered miles have the more powerful engine.
I've only broken one engine in, and I ran it pretty easy the first 1,000 or so miles, and I couldn't tell a difference from before and after.
I've only broken one engine in, and I ran it pretty easy the first 1,000 or so miles, and I couldn't tell a difference from before and after.
04-14-2006, 07:47 PM
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^^^^^^
I've heard similar stories. But for those and the other reciprocating people, Break-in has mostly to do with seating of piston rings. Is it the same thing for us with our apex seals and such? Are the rotor housing walls honed, same as cylinders?
I've heard similar stories. But for those and the other reciprocating people, Break-in has mostly to do with seating of piston rings. Is it the same thing for us with our apex seals and such? Are the rotor housing walls honed, same as cylinders?
04-14-2006, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JRichter
Should be anywhere from 130-140...
And 4th gear should redline at about 124 mph. You can just about hit top speed w/o getting in to 6th as 5th redlines at about 147.
PS--I did not attempt. This is from test data...
And 4th gear should redline at about 124 mph. You can just about hit top speed w/o getting in to 6th as 5th redlines at about 147.
PS--I did not attempt. This is from test data...
As I mention elsewhere I redline on my home track on 4th gear. And that is my top speed 191kmh.
Imagine how much money I spend on brakes when the next corner is a 3rd gear off camber left
04-14-2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by takahashi
What is 191kmh in mph?
As I mention elsewhere I redline on my home track on 4th gear. And that is my top speed 191kmh.
Imagine how much money I spend on brakes when the next corner is a 3rd gear off camber left
As I mention elsewhere I redline on my home track on 4th gear. And that is my top speed 191kmh.
Imagine how much money I spend on brakes when the next corner is a 3rd gear off camber left
Stupid metric system...
04-14-2006, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Freddie
^^^^^^
I've heard similar stories. But for those and the other reciprocating people, Break-in has mostly to do with seating of piston rings. Is it the same thing for us with our apex seals and such? Are the rotor housing walls honed, same as cylinders?
I've heard similar stories. But for those and the other reciprocating people, Break-in has mostly to do with seating of piston rings. Is it the same thing for us with our apex seals and such? Are the rotor housing walls honed, same as cylinders?
04-14-2006, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by takahashi
Imagine how much money I spend on brakes when the next corner is a 3rd gear off camber left
04-14-2006, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by JRichter
How so? Stock brakes with aftermaket pads? If so I'd say you eat some pads quickly.
Haha LOL. The MazdaSpeed pad can last me 4 track days there. That is, about 1000km of track time.
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