My day in pictures v.Project STi (56k maybe not)
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oh shit you were loadin up when i drove by? shoulda swung in there to seen it. dang it...
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well theres a pic of them backin it off onto the trailor.
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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?
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i bet he's itching to drive it now. sti's are fun.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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91nbtsi wrote:
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.
Ok, maybe I was wrong about not having to rehone...i typed in a hurry this morning before going to a show. How about there will be less machine work required to resurface the cylinder walls if you keep the mileage to an absolute minimum?
Also (not related at all to what I quoted above), subaru strongly recommends keeping the rpm's below 4k RPM for the first 500-1000 miles (first oil change basically). Actually, I think they can void warranty if it has been pushed hard from the get go, I believe it has something to do with the breakin oil that they use, but I could be wrong.
At any rate, I look forward to seeing this car when it is completed. I just hope (for their sake) that they don't blow something up on their quest to make 600WHP.
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