Traded 09 A/T for 11 M/T --Quick Question

Jordo! · 10-26-2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Varying your speed, not loading the transmission/rear-end 100%, not launching or shifting it in a way that would "shock" the drive-line, and making sure to accelerate smoothly AND decelerate smoothly (helps the rear faces of the gears in the drive-line wear in, as well as providing more vacuum in the engine to suck the piston-rings against the cylinder walls) will yield a drive-line that has the most potential to operate quietly.

This is what I have heard from multiple engine builders/tuners as well and it's the method I have used to break in new engines.

So far so good -- and on the 370Z, happy to report ZERO oil consumption

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