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hey guys well i only have 175 miles on my 09 camry se v6 and i was wondering till how many miles did i have to wait to take it over 60 mph? i heard you want to break it in easily....also not that im going to but if im ever in a situation like getting on the highway and i have to put the pedal down how many miles do i have to wait till i can do that? thanks
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2009 Camry SE V6 loaded
Mods: Borla Dual Exhaust with no resonator, K&N Intake, 5k HID headlights and 5k HID foglights, LED Tail lights, Complete interior leds, Ultra Racing Front Strut Bar, Ultra Racing 19mm rear sway bar, 20% tint, Rosen navigation system, 19 inch ASA GT1 wheels
hey guys well i only have 175 miles on my 09 camry se v6 and i was wondering till how many miles did i have to wait to take it over 60 mph? i heard you want to break it in easily....also not that im going to but if im ever in a situation like getting on the highway and i have to put the pedal down how many miles do i have to wait till i can do that? thanks
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2009 Camry SE V6 loaded
Mods: Borla Dual Exhaust with no resonator, K&N Intake, 5k HID headlights and 5k HID foglights, LED Tail lights, Complete interior leds, Ultra Racing Front Strut Bar, Ultra Racing 19mm rear sway bar, 20% tint, Rosen navigation system, 19 inch ASA GT1 wheels
Typically, with these new cars, you don't really have to worry about the traditional break-in periods. I didn't abuse my car until about 2000 mi. just in case though.
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2007 Magnetic Gray Camry LE V6:
Lit door sills, F/R cathode, trunk cathode, K&N SRI, IS250 chromes, LED tails/ bulb swaps, Katzkin leather
i think with these cars the "break in" is a thousand miles.. but who cares, its a brand new car just go for it
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2007 Super White CE 5-spd. Stock 4 Lyfe, well I have new driver side doors and side pillar.. are those mods?
As of March 1, another $2200 body shop bill due to deer attack..
Break it in hard for power. Most new engines from the factory are broke in before ever being installed in a car. When is the first oil change scheduled?
The owners manual says around 1000 miles I believe, I went pretty easy on it for that much. Basically it is more about the RPM range and heating then about how fast you are going. With any car you get, new or used you always want to wait until the car is warmed up (i.e. the temp gauge is in range of normal operating temperature) before driving it hard. The reason for break-in is mostly for the engine, as your car heats up and cools down the metals expand and contract. If you drive your car really hard at first with out it being "used" to the heat ranges the metals can potentially distort and cause you trouble down the line. This is a big issue with the EVO, many people got that car, drove it like it was stolen off the lot and then about 20 to 30 thousand miles later had blown piston rings and were leaking oil.
So yeah, drive it at 90, 100mph, it doesn't matter, what matters is revving it up and doing constant temperature changes to the engine. Some of the worst things you can do to an engine is drive it really hard for like 10 minutes and shut it off. If driving hard, you always want to warm the car up, drive it hard and then cool it down. (I.E. why when you see races they always have warm up laps and cool down laps (yeah tires also need it too, but it helps the engines as well, well it helps the whole car)).
...except that race engines are much different beasts (F1 race engines are supposed to last only for the distance of the race....). We are talking Camry...
...except that race engines are much different beasts (F1 race engines are supposed to last only for the distance of the race....). We are talking Camry...
How are race engines different? Yes the tolerances are much tighter and thus break-in affects them more, but it does not mean a regular cars engine can't be affected by break-in.
I don't know how familiar you are with racing engines, but basically you are fighting off heat the whole time in order to maintain reliability and consistent performance, much like a regular car, but at a higher performance level.
All cars, whether race or street have their operating temperatures and operating within these ranges is always a good idea. Again, this is just my opinion.
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