right now im at like 300 miles, iv done 3 oil changes and doing all break in driving.

 

Your fit reminds me of Goku. It takes a hell of a whoopin, and come's back stronger than before. You give us all a reason to be proud of our fits

 

except fits are way cooler than drangon ball z

 

Should'nt you let some oil settle and get a little dirty? You can't just keep dumping new oil in, that's not how an engine is supposed to break in.

Just something I wanted to throw out there please don't take offense you know more than I do

 

im sure he knows what hes doing.

 

I'm sure he does I'm just giving my two cents. If new oil is used to ften the engine doesn't actually break in correctly due to the fact that fresh clean oil has been pumped through it since day one.

He built it he knows how to use it. :P

Good luck I can't wait to see videos of this at the track (hopefully )

 

the only thing thats "breaks in" is the rings....there is an oil suspension layer between crank/rods and bearings....if you lose this oil suspension layer you end up scaring or spinning bearings...the rings are very easy to break in using engine braking...the rings are fully seated within the first 100 miles...
the drag motors in the shop cars cant go on the street so they have to be broke in on the dyno very quickly using engine braking to cause vaccum in the cylinder to force the rings into the cylinder walls...im not going to drive a drag car on the street for a couple hundred miles thats for sure...oil will have no effect on engine brake in time

cool little vid on F1 engine break in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X_s28ilYs
also if i can find it i will show you how honda breaks in their motorcycle engines...they build it put it on a dyno and redline it in every gear just minutes after it gets done being built....same thing with their cars...build them put them on a dynometer and redline it in every gear....three reasons why they do this....break it in...test hp output to make sure its within spec...and see if it blows up...if it does go boom they send it back

if your a see it to beleive it person take a look at this...he will show you what the pistons look like with different break in methods
http://mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

 

That video is insane, I would've never imagined you could break in an engine like that.

 

Ive got a question, and no i haven't completely read the article you posted yet, but do these break in techniques apply to aftermarket rods/pistons/sleeves as well cuz i'm pretty sure those manufacturers recommend a slower/smoother break in period.

 

same basic principals apply regardless

slower smoother breakin is common myth....you would flip out on how ive broke in motors on the dyno

here is probably the most important part of that article

" What's The Best Way To Break-In A New Engine ??
The Short Answer: Run it Hard !
Why ??
Nowadays, the piston ring seal is really what the break in process is all about. Contrary to popular belief, piston rings don't seal the combustion pressure by spring tension. Ring tension is necessary only to "scrape" the oil to prevent it from entering the combustion chamber.
If you think about it, the ring exerts maybe 5-10 lbs of spring tension against the cylinder wall ...
How can such a small amount of spring tension seal against thousands of
PSI (Pounds Per Square Inch) of combustion pressure ??
Of course it can't. "

 

Well if your break in procedures are anything like the video you posted and you were breaking in my engine yea i probably would freak out, even if i did believe these break in procedures, which i have to say I probably did "forget" to slowly break in my bikes engine when after I bought it and never had any problems with it. But what about turbo's cuz I remember people with the T1R kit saying that if you didn't slowly break it in you'd end up destroying the turbo?

 

destroy the turbo?!?!? bunch of bs...turbo motors get broke in the same way on the dyno as n/a motors do...
im still wondering how they thought it would destroy the turbo...someone must have been way out in left feild on that one

 

You know i actually forgot, but the Fit that i bought was actually the dealerships "demo" Fit (kind of gives you an idea of how it was broken in) plus I had taken it out on a few "spirited" test drives before i bought it too, and haven't had any problems with it and have 50,000km on it now.

But I know on Golden Eagles website they say to run regular oil with their sleeves for the first 5000 miles to properly break them in, so is that right or would it be better to break it in hard?

 

Thanks for the link, I'm starting to read the other articles now.

 

That break in video was bad ass.

Can't wait till you post up some numbers! I'm glad to see this fit up and running again, its forever a legend

 

Very true but dragon ball was the shit in 1996 when I was still in highschool before all the anime geeks started trying to make it a religion, or before everybody else finds out about it. I prolly wouldnt have bought a Fit If I knew this many people was going to buy them I bought one cause they was slow cheap and ugly, but reliable. And luckly not many people in maryland have them well I dont see many. When I first bought mine I took to where I get most of my performance stuff from, and you would have thought I had the only one in the world they were all over it.


But anyway what are you going to do about the tranny and axels, or are you not going to do anything?? I would at the very least be looking into a trans cooler and some custom axels but maybey thats just my worries

 

Any updates??? you tuned yet ??

 

josh.. the fit and the gti

 

ok lets do it. o wait we did last night, who won????????????????

 

japtrix tuned the fit? how was it? theyve got a nice shop.