How many miles before getting a tune?

[Trogdor]

Per Ron, when talking about my car.

-Don't be afraid to get on it.
-Use regular oil for the first tank of gas
- Change the oil, inspect the oil, refill using regular oil
- Run for 1000 miles using regular oil, then tune and change the oil with regular again
- Run for 3000 miles, then change back to synthetic
*Using regular because synthetic is too viscous, and doesn't allow the rings to rub enough on new pistons*

[4seasons69]

Originally Posted by EclipseGST

I think we put 100 miles at most on Vassil's car before we took it to Shane.

Hmmm does he do a lot of street driving? There seems to be a lot of controversy on how to break in an engine. I have heard a lot of people say break it in how you're going to drive it. I'm shooting at least close to a similar power level as him so idk how important mileage is to higher hp engines

Originally Posted by Trogdor

Per Ron, when talking about my car.

-Don't be afraid to get on it.
-Use regular oil for the first tank of gas
- Change the oil, inspect the oil, refill using regular oil
- Run for 1000 miles using regular oil, then tune and change the oil with regular again
- Run for 3000 miles, then change back to synthetic
*Using regular because synthetic is too viscous, and doesn't allow the rings to rub enough on new pistons*

That's good info! As for the oil I have enough amsoil break in oil for the first 1500 miles

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by 4seasons69

As for the oil I have enough amsoil break in oil for the first 1500 miles

Amsoil recommends using their break-in oil for 1,000 miles at the maximum. We used it for PlanoEvo's last build and honestly the rings did not seat well with it; we're using Supertech conventional this time around.

[4seasons69]

Originally Posted by Kracka

Amsoil recommends using their break-in oil for 1,000 miles at the maximum. We used it for PlanoEvo's last build and honestly the rings did not seat well with it; we're using Supertech this time around.

Hmmm my block is a map stage two and that was what map recommended. But that's good to know. I'll probably run that for 1k then switch to a regular oil for 500 miles before I go to synthetic

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by 4seasons69

Hmmm my block is a map stage two

So are both of his. If you follow Amsoil's recommendations (like we did last time), use their break-in oil for 1k miles, then switch to their synthetic. This time around we're doing 1k miles of conventional then switching to synthetic.

[4seasons69]

Well I already have the amsoil so maybe I'll just run that for 500 then switch to the super tech conventional. Map recommended waiting until 1500 to switch to synthetic so ill probably try that this time around.

What weight Supertech do you use? Just a straight 30 like the amsoil or something different?

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by 4seasons69

What weight Supertech do you use? Just a straight 30 like the amsoil or something different?

10W-30, then at 1k miles he'll switch to 10W-40 synthetic (maybe experiment with 20W-50 in the hot summer months).

Once he's on synthetic he'll be dyno-tuned. We'd honestly probably only worry about a 500 mile break-in but we want to make sure the segmented Kevlar clutch disc gets properly broken in before beating on it too badly.

[EclipseGST]

Originally Posted by Kracka

we're using Supertech conventional this time around.

This!

All I've ever used and works great. Walmart! You change the oil early enough so it doesnt actually get a chance to break down.