Yo, I have a 03' base with about 10k miles on it. My friend owns a s2000 and said something about it not being fully broke in (motor & tranny) is he right? thanks

 

If he is refering to your car, its well broken in. Usually people say give the car ABOUT 2500 miles before you redline etc and then after that your car has been "broken in." For you, 10k it should be well broken in by now.

 

10K car not being broken in? I dunno man...
I wish I can tell you the answer but I'm pretty new to this break-in period thing.
I've always thought you judge it by the number of mileage you have on the car,
e.g. if you're car has reached 1500miles+ it's broken in...but it seems it doesn't work like that hahaha.
But as for 10K miles car I say it's definitely broke in???

Can anyone tell us how you can tell the car's broken in???

 

Yeah, I thought 10k miles would be plenty broke in to give it some hell, Thanks.

 

owners manual says that its wwweeeeelllllll before 10K... give it hell. well not too much

 

Owners manual says 1200 miles

 

You should be fine, the car is well broken in at 10K. I've only had my '05 for four months with 11k.

 

Yup. No reason to even think you need till 2500. 1200 and it's broken in according to Nissan. I'm sure they know the car, they did kind of make it.

 

Thanks, I thought he was full of it! haha

 

from oil reports and dynos, the VQ *can* take up to 10K to fully break in.. but almost everyone is fully broken in by 5K, making the most HP and metal wear settled in. It seems the older VQ30 took alittle longer than the VQ35, perhaps thats what your friend is referring to. Certainly, Nissan still take much more time than Honda or Toyota, they are really broken in near 1K. But thats apples and oranges. I'll take a torquey VQ anyday.

 

Yeah man, I love the torque the Z has. Thanks for the info