I've got 140 miles on my car and can't wait to explore the upper RPM range. For those of you who have been in my shoes, what did you do during your "break-in" period. Personally, I've been varying the revs and gears a lot around town - no lugging of the engine and taking it easy on the gear box. I've also kept the revs below 5500. But boy, does the intake take on a different quality above about 4500.

Please give me some insight as to what excitement lies beyond 5500. Is it yet another step up in terms of exhause note, intake growl, or an extra thrust of power?

 

i gave up on break in for this car... its just simply way too tempting... so i red lined around 300miles in

Alan

 

I've been told that Porsche breaks the engines in at the factory prior to installation and the break-in period is for the legal dept. at Porsche.

I've had two 996 GT3's and the break-in period was about 38 seconds.

 

300 miles and then I saw the magic upshift light do a search here for factory break in recs..drive it hard it will run better!

 

Yup until the engine was warm!

 

I had a good laugh on that one. Anyway, how about the feel of the transmission, does it loosen up a bit with a few miles. I'm used to a short shifter (I had it on my 996). It seems that you definitely need to allow a slight hesitation in neutral as you go through the gears. I always double clutch going down so that's not an issue.

 

I may be the exception but I broke both my 996gt3 and my 997gt3 in as stated in the book. Long drives (200+miles) with many shifts. My 996gt3 after 10000 miles and track days never burned a drop of oil. My 997gt3 now has 5000 miles and 5 track days and is the same. The shifter works better the harder you use it.

 

The guy at the dealer said the engines are factory bench tested at full throttle for 5 mins as the tech listens for any abnormalities. Probably good to go after about 300 or so

 

Do a Road Trip!!

Long runs are much better than short stop and starts

 

Yes it does my gearbox was super tight, I had a SS on my 996 as well and this is a much more precise gearbox..its also in another league of quality!

 

isnt your car on ebay right now?