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Originally Posted by mt3130
Is it possible that GM does the first part before the engine leaves the factory for production vehicles? Aren't most cars delivered with a handful of miles on them already, making this scenario at least plausible?
I ask because I read a discussion a while back on a forum for Challengers, and someone noticed that a DIC screen showed a top driven speed of like 180 mph right from the factory. Someone else with knowledge of the inner workings at the FCA engine facility mentioned that the SRT engines went on a dyno and were broken in prior to delivery, and that the recommendations in the manual were mostly for other driveline components to break-in.
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Watching the video of how they built the 5th gen camaro, they certainly didn't do it with the 5th gen. Even if it was already done at the factory, doing another short WOT stint is not going to do any damage and remember, the manual says no WOT from a stop, not no WOT at all, so why not have a bit of fun in the process. All it means is that the oil change at 30ish miles is not needed if it has already been done, doing other 50% throttle or more to 4000rpm still falls under the remit of doing "varying load and rpm".
I have asked the question, will see if / what sort of answer I get.
What I can tell you is that when Honda CRV's and Civics roll off the production line, the brakes have already been burnished (I helped deploy the software in the UK), they've been run on a rolling road for about 10 minutes that checks various functions of the engine and braking system, and the car is then run round a short test track basically with the drivers foot planted to the floor before being parked up waiting to go on a vehicle transporter. I saw this happen dayin dayout for weeks at a time. The Honda's manual says to avoid all full throttle operation for the first 600 miles. And no, they don't get their oil changed either.