My day in pictures v.Project STi (56k maybe not)

[DaveH]

BOOBIES!!!! (drool)

oh, cool car too.

[YellowEvo]

Yeah i saw you guys right by BK on highway 10... i was going to eat at the HI HO!!!!

[STiSchucky]

oh shit you were loadin up when i drove by? shoulda swung in there to seen it. dang it...

[94NDTA]

So it hasn't even been started yet?

[STiSchucky]

well theres a pic of them backin it off onto the trailor.

[94NDTA]

STiSchucky wrote:
well theres a pic of them backin it off onto the trailor.

Yeah, but that doesn't answer my question.

I was wondering if the dealer test fired it, or they break 'em in from the factory. A lot of places do this.

[Jim]

Most cars have atleast a few miles on them... you never see something with 0 miles on it

[94NDTA]

Jim wrote:
Most cars have atleast a few miles on them... you never see something with 0 miles on it

Exactly, which is why I was wondering how much more damage 7 miles would do.

[Steve-o]

the car has 5 miles on it. I think 4 are from the test track that subaru uses after the car is assembled.

oh and driving it @ 4k rpm is harder on the motor than idling it off a trailer.

ibitstillgetshoned

[94NDTA]

Steve-o wrote:
the car has 5 miles on it. I think 4 are from the test track that subaru uses after the car is assembled.

oh and driving it @ 4k rpm is harder on the motor than idling it off a trailer.

ibitstillgetshoned
How so?

And who says you have to drive it at 4K?

[Steve-o]

because when you are driving you are putting load on the motor. Plus if Shane drove it he would just keep driving it and we would never get to work on it.

that and it will make some sweet before and after pics.

[94NDTA]

ok

[STiSchucky]

i bet he's itching to drive it now. sti's are fun.

[slowvo]

screw that, 4k doing damage to a new motor?? my ass..

i beat the hell out of cars to 7k w/ 2-8 miles on them quite regularly
subaru's engines = junk?

[Steve-o]

slowvo wrote:
screw that, 4k doing damage to a new motor?? my ass..

i beat the hell out of cars to 7k w/ 2-8 miles on them quite regularly
subaru's engines = junk?.

[STiSchucky]

slowvo wrote:
screw that, 4k doing damage to a new motor?? my ass..

i beat the hell out of cars to 7k w/ 2-8 miles on them quite regularly
subaru's engines = junk?
volvo=shit.

[91nbtsi]

slowvo wrote:
screw that, 4k doing damage to a new motor?? my ass..

i beat the hell out of cars to 7k w/ 2-8 miles on them quite regularly
subaru's engines = junk?

Haha, yup... and to Chuck's comment earlier that they don't need to rehone it? I disagree, I would definately hone it, it has been ran and within the first few seconds a lot of the fresh surface will be cut down.

And for driving it back to the shop, wouldn't make much of a difference, if anyone has ever been to a auto. plant, they definately don't drive them nice off the line.

Anyways, looks like a sweet car! Can't wait to see what they do with it.

[PSI2HI]

Yeah the miles of driving it back are completly irrelevant. Motors should be fully broken in w/in the 1st 100 miles anyways. If you plan to dump new rings in there you gotta rehone it. It'd be stupid not to being it'd take a whole whopping 20 min.

Every motor we have ever done has not been broken in more than 30 miles before it has seen full boost/abuse and they all still run perfect today. Nates DSM motor say the dyno w/ a whopping 23 miles on it and left the dyno w/ 450whp and 48 miles on it. My motor saw 30 psi w/ 25 miles on it and still runs today 5 years later in another car.

[Steve-o]

The pics will be a nice comparison when its completed.

[Dangler]

its cool to take it back on a trailer

BTW - Shane, congrats on the new project car, it'll be good to see how it turns out after the long cold winter...