switchface

Ah, so you took her home already? Damn, I just read about this car a thread over and was planning on heading down to Porsche San Diego to see it during lunch. I also have a white one spec'd.

Will you be bringing her to the Q for auto-x?

usctrojanGT3

Nice, I have your clone (with some red stitching) coming in Aug. Can't wait to get my GT4.

Crazy Eddie

Sweet Jesus that is Perrrty !!!
I love it
Although I went with the Platimium wheels

Johninrsf

Haven't yet but going to.

Johninrsf

No, but will be at Chuckwalla in Oct (assuming 2000 miles before then)

usctrojanGT3

For the PCA SD event? I'll race you in my track built Cayman.

Unzki

The manual says nothing about specific RPM guidelines, at least here in the Europe.

It is encouraged to be driven with various RPMs, not short distance drives when cold and no revving when cold (this applies of course always). It says not to participate on racing events too. But nothing on revving it occasionally when warm, pretty much exactly the opposite! Use all the RPM's during bed-in.

Cheers,

Unzki

Jon H

As discussed in various threads within Rennlist, the 2,000 mile "break-in"
is a USA only (thus lawyer driven) recommendation.

Quikag

Yes.

And Yes.

When my SBM GT4 arrives in less than a month, I plan to drive around town with varying speeds, heat cycles, etc. at rpm's up to 5-6k for the first 500 miles or so. Then, I'm going to Motorsport Ranch with several other P-car guys, etc. to get it on.

Inrev

Well I was planning on breaking mine in a bit before going hard but my only track day is coming fast with my car nowhere near delivered meaning I might end up breaking it in on the race track lol. Oh well.

gmaki

Wow I already know of 4 white GT4's with black rims that will be scooting around LA. This one, yours, the one at Auto Gallery and mine.

Mine also has red stitching. The Auto Gallery car has grey.

switchface

You white w/black wheel'd gt4s stay up in LA and us white w/platinum wheel'd gt4s will stay down in San Diego. Battle lines drawn!

jenk12m

Going above 4200rpms won't hurt her at all. It's good to hit all ranges through the rpms

Crazy Eddie

Like you, mine is the same White,w/ Platinum wheels and Platinum gray stitching
No worries, I am up in the Nor CAL bay area

Bonzai30

The European manuals absolutely suggest a break-in procedure that basically involves taking it easy on the car for the first 3,000 kilometers. (The German version is copied below, and you can use Google Translate to decipher.) What the European manuals don't have, however, is a specific suggestion to keep RPMs below 4,200. That having been said, the European manuals suggest not operating the engines at "high speeds," particularly when they're cold, so it's misleading to suggest that the European manuals don't suggest taking it easy on the engine for a break in period.

Everyone has as different opinion on this, and the good news is that we can all do whatever we want with our own cars. My view is that engine tolerances have gotten much better, so a more deliberate break in period is less necessary than it used to be. However, even modern engines feel noticeably "tight" in the beginning, and horsepower absolutely increases over time...until it decreases as engines break in and eventually wear out. Given this, I do think there's something to be said for letting an engine break in for a while, aka to get "loose," before putting it under high stress, particularly if you plan to keep the car.

That having been said, I think almost no one would experience an early stage engine failure from driving their car like they stole it from the very beginning. What may suffer is some longer term reliability, particularly if you regularly track the car.

This the break in language from the German manual...

Hinweise für die Einfahrzeit

Für Ihren neuen Porsche sind nachstehende Tipps beachtenswert, um die optimalen Laufeigenschaften zu erreichen.

Trotz modernster Fertigungsmethoden mit hoher Präzision lässt es sich nicht vollständig vermeiden, dass sich alle beweglichen Teile "aufeinander einlaufen" müssen. Dies erfolgt im Wesentlichen während der ersten 3000 km.

Information

Sie sollten während der ersten 3000 km:

Längere Fahrstrecken bevorzugen.
Häufige Kaltstarts mit Kurzstreckenbetrieb möglichst vermeiden.
Nicht an Clubsport-Veranstaltungen, Sportfahrschulen usw. teilnehmen.
Hohe Drehzahlen, insbesondere bei kaltem Motor, vermeiden.

Öl- und Kraftstoffverbrauch

Öl- und Kraftstoffverbrauch können während der Einfahrzeit etwas über dem normalen Wert liegen.

Die Werte für den Öl- und Kraftstoffverbrauch finden Sie in den Technischen Daten:

Beachten Sie bitte das Kapitel "MOTORDATEN"
Beachten Sie bitte das Kapitel "KRAFTSTOFFVERBRAUCH UND ABGAS".

Einbremsen neuer Bremsbeläge

Neue Bremsbeläge und Bremsscheiben müssen sich "einschleifen" und haben deshalb erst nach einigen hundert Kilometern ihre optimale Bremswirkung.
Die etwas verminderte Bremswirkung muss durch stärkeren Druck auf das Bremspedal ausgeglichen werden. Das gilt auch nach einem Bremsbelag- bzw. Bremsscheiben-Wechsel.

Einfahren neuer Reifen

Beachten Sie, dass neue Reifen während der ersten Zeit noch nicht ihre volle Haftfähigkeit besitzen.
Die neuen Reifen sollten daher während der ersten 100 bis 200 km nur mit mäßiger Geschwindigkeit gefahren werden.