Hey guys.. I've been lurking on these forums for about a month. Purchased my IP coupe 6 speed about a month a go. Broke the car in by the book. Soon as I hit 1200.. Literally.. WOT. I was hoping to time it at a stop light.
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Anyway, Man.. I'm at 3500 miles.. I can feel a difference in power from 1200 to now. For the past few days I've been able to chirp second. Today I basically.. how can I say.. spun second. Basically, longer than a chirp. Like the tires where searching for grip. The grin on my face was Priceless. I must've hit it just right, and I didn't consciously power shift.

Anyway.. I'd thought I'd post a pic of my old car (before I sold it) and the new G. White isn't my favorite color.. but the IP looked so Jazzy smooth in the sun. Great forum and I look forward to you guys advise on upgrading.

 

A lot of people claim that their cars feel faster after 3-5k miles compared to right after break-in. I can't speak for myself because I only have half your mileage but I guess it takes a little more than 1,200 miles for the car to fully show its potential.

 

Hey finity.. well I can attest to the claims. The car feels quicker. Whether it has to do with me following the by the book break in procedure.. don't know. If it is, then I highly recommend new owners to have some patience. I mean, before break in I went over 4k revs like.. twice. But I never actually had the pedal to the floor both times. I have been driving aggressively the past few days too, so perhaps the ecu is like "ok already, I get it." .

Btw.. meant to say whats up to the guys *and* girls.

 

Great! Does the mpg get better at this point, as well? Dang, gas was $2.73/gal., today at the local Chevron.

 

Nice choice in color...

 

Maybe keeping the car under 4k rpm's for 1.2k miles made it seem like the car was more powerful that it was when you finally got to cut loose.

 

does the ECU change in response to your driving style?

 

Yeah.. but I'm at 3500 miles now, and I cut her loose at 1200 miles on the dot. This was like a month and a half ago, and I generally pushed it at WOT at least once a day. Some days the car would feel quick.. other days sluggish. I just attributed the performance irregularities to the ecu.. full tank of gas. Now, it feels like the car is not straining as much as it used to.. period. I'm a consistant (experienced MT) driver and haven't changed my gearing and throttle control. It never used to kick as hard in second gear up until now (3.5K miles).

Had about half tank of gas.. Weather was a nice 75 deg. Nothing out of the ordinary. I really believe that this is a result of the ECU adapting to me, as well as the engine coming into its own.

 

Don't think the gas milage has changed much. Lately my average has been 16mpg.. But we all know why that is.

 

Right, right, right . . . Hmmmm, perhaps I should ease up on the right pedal.

 

My car definitely felt stronger after 10k+ than it did at 5k. The VQ isn't fully broken in until you reach 5 digits. Its just getting its running legs

 

Congrats on the new ride. IP is a very popular colour.
The engine will continue break in for a long time so no worries. Some have estimated 20k!!!!!.
Enjoy.
C.

 

Keep driving like this and I recommend you upgrade your clutch.

 

^No worries. I don't drive everyday.. I work from home. And like I said, I'll open her up at least once a day. So basically I'm pretty chill. I used to thrash the eclipse a lot more. Had the GST for about year and a half with no clutch problems. Matter of fact only issues I had where spark plugs (gapped wrong) and some balance issues. I miss that little car sometimes. So easy to toss around being as light as it is.

 

The proper term would be...you "barked" second. Better than a chirp.