johnohara

I have a new C2GTS and have been diligently breaking it in. 20-30 miles a day always in "normal" mode. Turbo's never kicked in, ever, I have the boost gauge in one dial so it's easy to confirm.

Today when I hit 500 miles it suddenly changed. Now in "normal" mode the thing is a beast. Boost gauge is pretty active.

Anyone else see this ? Very cool.

HappinessProcured

Are you revving it higher now? I've slowly been going higher and higher during break in, including over 4000 rpm on occasion (gasp!).

woobiee

Yeah, maybe you are revving slightly higher as mentioned or giving it a bit more pressure on the gas pedal than before?

During normal operation, turbos do not kick in if you are gentle with the throttle and/or at low revs.

Master Deep

Turbos spool based on throttle level in each gear. If you weren’t accelerating at least moderately quickly, the turbos won’t spool at all.

johnohara

Yup no change other than crossing the 500 mile threshold. It was like night and day.

I have never been above 3500rpm

ipse dixit

this makes me sad

jlegelis

Ton's of opinions here on the need for break in or not, but IMHO you've fought the good fight and now time to enjoy it. 'Drive it like you stole it'.

dudeoverthere

find a 200-300 mile scenic route and do that a couple times get get it broken in.

Quikag

Man, you must be a Tibetan monk. Not the best way to break in a motor with no pressure, heat, or load IMHO. But, enjoy! Time to start using the motor.

X-PH.COM - MIKE

I personally do not think break in is needed unless the limits are auto set by Porsche,

I definitely agree with the last part of your post

3rdpedal

Mine worked on the way home from the dealer.

Would you spend the night with a supermodel and be able to resist?

jlegelis

OTOH one practice I always observe is to wait for oil temp to hit ~180f to encourage 'thermal consistency' of the internals before getting frisky, since coolant temp is meaningless. With dissimilar metals it's always best to wait until everything is at normal operating temp to ensure everything is 'at spec'. Enjoy.

Quikag

I do 160F as that is the 'bottom' of the oil temp gauge in my 992 GTS. I figured once it shows temp above that bottom line, it should be ready for some more revs and aggressive driving. I've had 150F as my basic rule in all my Corvettes and I've never blown any of them up including tons of track driving.

jlegelis

As a related datapoint on 'break in', the cars provided at the various Porsche Experience Centers are most definitely *not* observing the 2k break in period (been there / done that). These are the very same cars that Porsche will then CPO down the line through their dealer network, so clearly the Porsche actuaries have determine no near-term impact on the 'two extra years / unlimited miles' of CPO coverage. YMMV.

Jimmy-D

Agree- I will not get on her until oil temps hit 180. After that no problem revving her up