Matt H Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Picking up my car tomorrow and she needs running in. no more than 3k RPM for 700 miles. So my question is i was wondering what speed an auto TT does at 3k rpm in top gear? (basically wants my top speed gona be?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 80 mph ish mate;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 south of france would sort that out, its a great drive too;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chumpalot Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 as said, about 80mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 got any finished pics Matt? bet you can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 south of france would sort that out, its a great drive too;) Dragonball run was the way forward Its easy as pie mate, you will have plenty of speed. Just take it real easy on the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Running in an engine is more a case of not labouring the engine in to high a gear/load, rather than a simple case of so many miles at no more than xxx RPM, RPM and load should be gradually built up, why do some engine builders tell people to "run it in for xxx mls" I find this annoying, as your average joe does his xxx hundred mls and then promptly opens it up and breaks a ring or worse! Sorry! i think the auto box should cope quite well with a sensible running in regime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 got any finished pics Matt? bet you can't wait! all will be revealed tomorrow (hopefully!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Gradually increase the load/revs on the engine as you clock up the miles. Sitting at 3000rpm on the motorway for 500 miles will not properly run the engine in. Better to do A-road start stop driving, while gradually increasing the load/throttle you use when accelerating. Then, as you get over 500 miles or so slowly increase the rpm limit up to 4000, then 5000rpm, and by the time you get to 8 - 900 miles you can use full boost/throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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