C6 Z06 Running In

[akeithj]

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me what the running in period is on a new C6 Z06, ie are you restricted rev wise for the first 1000 miles?

[Boosted LS1]

Don't tickle it, use it. Build up the revs over a period of time and increase the loading by giving it some bursts of throttle for couple of hundred yards or so. By 500 miles or so I'd be approaching full throttle bursts. Whatever you do, don't labour it by crawling around in high gears at low revs.

Boosted.

[Dr G]

Boosted LS1 said:

Don't tickle it, use it.

This made me

[akeithj]

Well just collected it at lunchtime and have managed to do 175 miles so far - roll on 500

[Godzilla]

I'd done 500 miles by the time I got it home from the dealer! (Well, it was in Germany...)

The engines are all bench run anyway to verify their power output, so it's only the drivetrain that needs a bit of bedding in.

Keeping the revs below 4,500rpm on the autobahn, meant I never saw over 144mph...
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[SeeFive]

Godzilla said:

Keeping the revs below 4,500rpm on the autobahn, meant I never saw over 144mph...

So you came home all the way in 4th gear then?

That's interesting. They must have put very different gearing in the Z06 compared to a manual C5.

4,500 revs in mine would be in indicated 225mph in 6th - but of course there is not quite enough grunt to pull it past the aerodynamics at that speed - bet your Z06 could get closer though