The "book" on breakin is to vary your speed, nothing over 55, no high revs, no hard breaking, etc. for the first 500 miles. It's apparently as much for the trans, rear, rotors as it is for the motor. I was good for the 500. At 499 I was sitting at a light, front of the line.... Gone!
My .02 on the mineral oil is.... not a chance in hell. Here's a question for you...
what do you think the service manager is going to tell you if take the car there for ANY kind of engine problem that happened to develop while you were using mineral oil?
If I have a problem with the car, they'll get it back to fix it. I'm not playing with fire because "someone else" thought it would be a good idea. They won't be coming to your aid if you bust the motor.
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If you have to drive, do it in a C5.
Delivered 1/19/01 - Z06 Quicksilver/Black
Nickname - "Silver Bullet"
Installed - custom license plate, exhaust plate, B&M Ripper, Flameball, CAGS
Easy on the brakes for 200-300 miles, not stopping too hard and giving them a chance to cool, this will seat them properly.
------------------ Carl V. *****Authorized Zaino Distributor*****
Huntingdon Valley, PA.** 2000 Magnetic Red Convertible **
MN6,F45,QF5,AQ9,AG2,CJ2,T96,B34,AAB,UN0,U1S,JL4,UV6,T82,N37
** Corvette Club of Delaware Valley ** www.hcvind.com
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STANDARD FOR ME IS FIRST 2000 VARY SPEED, BUT DO NOT MAINTAIN CONSIST SPEED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CHANGE OIL AT 500 MI THEN 3000 MI. HOW DOES THIS SOUND AM MISSING ANYTHING. WHATS THE STORY ON MINERAL OIL AS A BREAK IN OIL?
Took the car to MSRH this afternoon to see just how the C7 Z07 19/20 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s would handle the cool winter weather.
Took a laps or 2 to get up to temp and after that they were very predictable.
But I think the larger rolling diameter of the 19/20's is throwing the Active...
Hard to believe its been 17 years of ownership, 112000 total miles - 5 years, 82000 miles & 2 LS6s, 12 years & 30000 miles on the LS7 Z07 upgrade, 5 sets of wheels later and we still enjoy this car immensely.
Here are the various setups and wheels the car has had since new, progressing from OEM...
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I like the look of the OEM C6 guards and want to install a set on my C5-I know there are carbon fiber ones out there but they seem too large to me. I can't seem to find a vender that sells them for a C5-the only thing I have seen is people modifying the C6 versions to fit a C5. Anybody know of a...
01 z06, for sale. At a dealer, 3 hours from me, this is their photo of the engine compartment. besides missing the engine covers., can you all tell by pic if this is a 01 z06 ls6 engine? Per vin# this is one of the last vettes made in 01.
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