Break in Period - Page 2

arpad_m · 09-14-2022, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Vigilante375

The Blackwing has it as well now.

Oh, that's nice, I didn't know, thanks.

Actually, if I squint hard enough, that sweet CT5-V Blackwing is a bit like what a 4-door ZL1 could be... how nice it would be to get a 2024 farewell edition ZL1 with that same BW powertrain and other updates.

rlarsen462 · 09-14-2022, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by arpad_m

Oh, that's nice, I didn't know, thanks.

Actually, if I squint hard enough, that sweet CT5-V Blackwing is a bit like what a 4-door ZL1 could be... how nice it would be to get a 2024 farewell edition ZL1 with that same BW powertrain and other updates.

Isn't there a pretty solid chance 2023 is it for Camaro? Or has there been a commitment to a 2024MY?

arpad_m · 09-14-2022, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rlarsen462

Isn't there a pretty solid chance 2023 is it for Camaro? Or has there been a commitment to a 2024MY?

No commitment as far as I know, but then I'm just a regular Camaro owner, maybe GearheadSS, DC Chevy Sales, DylansZLE, Martinjlm, LeonardS or someone closer to the horse's mouth would be able to tell (the problem is if they could, they probably won't

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Vigilante375 · 09-14-2022, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by arpad_m

Oh, that's nice, I didn't know, thanks.

Actually, if I squint hard enough, that sweet CT5-V Blackwing is a bit like what a 4-door ZL1 could be... how nice it would be to get a 2024 farewell edition ZL1 with that same BW powertrain and other updates.

The extra 18 HP? No. The updated MRS for the non 1LE ZL1? Yes.

PowerDemon · 09-15-2022, 03:36 AM

I took it easy for the first 500 miles. I didn’t go WOT or over 4000 rpm’s. At 504 miles I changed the oil and diff fluid and let er rip!

The only thing I haven’t done yet per the manual is burnish the brakes. I’m really putting that one off because it looks like a PITA lol

Crushed 1LE · 09-15-2022, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by PowerDemon

I took it easy for the first 500 miles. I didn’t go WOT or over 4000 rpm’s. At 504 miles I changed the oil and diff fluid and let er rip!

The only thing I haven’t done yet per the manual is burnish the brakes. I’m really putting that one off because it looks like a PITA lol

It definitely is. Put aside a good hour to do properly and make sure your tank is full. I've done it 3 times now and burned through 2/3 of a tank each time doing it.

arpad_m · 09-15-2022, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Crushed 1LE

It definitely is. Put aside a good hour to do properly and make sure your tank is full. I've done it 3 times now and burned through 2/3 of a tank each time doing it.

Your car chugged 12-13 gallons of fuel doing simple brake burnishing (my understanding of which is in the attached pic)? How, or what am I missing?

minn19 · 09-15-2022, 12:55 PM

If you really have read a lot about it then you know you won’t get a definitive answer. They will range from go by the manual to do this because my Grandpa’s Model T lasted 1.2 million miles and didn’t burn a drop of oil.

gotswap · 09-15-2022, 01:23 PM

you also have to consider that you are not just breaking in the engine. Pretty much anything that rotates is going through that process as well.

ZED SLED · 09-15-2022, 01:57 PM

from 2017 manual. To me 4000 rpm meant 4999 and 80 mph meant 89.9

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PowerDemon · 09-16-2022, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Crushed 1LE

It definitely is. Put aside a good hour to do properly and make sure your tank is full. I've done it 3 times now and burned through 2/3 of a tank each time doing it.

The “0.6mi between stops” is what kills me. Did you do a full .6mi between each stop or were your stops closer together?

John Simon · 09-16-2022, 05:38 AM

Well I personally use all the gears it has to so that engine could experience every bit of load on every bit of rpm, I don't let it go past 50% of the rpm, for example if your red line is at 8K, rev it up only to 4K for the first 500 Miles, After 500Miles, push it a little hard up to 6500RPM and not more than that, change your first Engine oil at 1K miles and second at 3K miles

09-15-2022, 03:36 AM	#19
PowerDemon Drives: Camaro ZL1, Golf GTI Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 170	I took it easy for the first 500 miles. I didn’t go WOT or over 4000 rpm’s. At 504 miles I changed the oil and diff fluid and let er rip! The only thing I haven’t done yet per the manual is burnish the brakes. I’m really putting that one off because it looks like a PITA lol __________________ ’22 ZL1 Riverside Blue 6MT ’15 GTI Carbon Steel 6MT

09-15-2022, 01:23 PM	#23
gotswap Drives: 2019 ZL1 Crush Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 564	you also have to consider that you are not just breaking in the engine. Pretty much anything that rotates is going through that process as well. __________________ 2019 Crush A10 E-Force 2650 670WHP 615WTQ All besides the 2650 is bone stock down to the air filter.

09-15-2022, 01:57 PM	#24
ZED SLED Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South of Raleigh, NC Posts: 9,488 View My Garage	from 2017 manual. To me 4000 rpm meant 4999 and 80 mph meant 89.9 __________________

09-15-2022, 12:55 PM	#22
minn19 Drives: 22 ZL1, 20 Taco, 20 Cayenne S Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: MN Posts: 624	If you really have read a lot about it then you know you won’t get a definitive answer. They will range from go by the manual to do this because my Grandpa’s Model T lasted 1.2 million miles and didn’t burn a drop of oil.

09-16-2022, 05:38 AM	#26
John Simon Drives: Supra, GTR R-34, RX-7 Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 33	Well I personally use all the gears it has to so that engine could experience every bit of load on every bit of rpm, I don't let it go past 50% of the rpm, for example if your red line is at 8K, rev it up only to 4K for the first 500 Miles, After 500Miles, push it a little hard up to 6500RPM and not more than that, change your first Engine oil at 1K miles and second at 3K miles

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