Vic Wasteland Thread

[Sunkist]

There was a bloke at High School who we always gave crap to because he drove around in his mums car and pretended it was his own.

We'd call it the "Baby Blue Honda Jazz"... and without fail he'd always yell "It's ICE BLUE!!!!" and when we gave him crap about it being auto, he'd say that autos were faster at the drag strip... *shakes head slowly*

Hmm you went to school with birds didn't you?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Daytona USA - manual was 5kms faster than auto.

Manual > all

Scientifically proven by SEGA.

this

[blah_blah]

Daytona USA - manual was 5kms faster than auto.

Manual > all

Scientifically proven by SEGA.

lol

This guy wins the internetz!

[Rekin]

Mine doesn't go flat for atleast a month..

mine doesnt go flat...ever! Dry cell Optima...more than you can afford pal

[bluejeans]

Yeah I need a new battery..

Though with all the money I've been spending I don't wanna buy one ;/

[llama_au]

lol you go missing on the regular anyway...

Congrats dude! Take me for a ride? Still waiting for our red 86 to come

Yeah you're right, I do. Not as much time for forum whoring these days. Cut right back.

And sure, if you're there at the Dyno Day/Renewal Day on Sunday I'll be there. It'll be a sedate ride though, will be running it in.

[llama_au]

bring to dyno day this weekend

I am

LOL at all the auto comments. What exactly was everyone expecting me to buy? It's me.

Edited April 4, 2013 by llama_au

[llama_au]

And wow, fatherhood has turned Hamish into an angr(ier) man! It's okay, I won't try and infect you with my auto driving ways. Hey I had/still have auto FWD's and I'm female. All the stereotypes at once.

Edited April 4, 2013 by llama_au

[Basti]

Yeah you're right, I do. Not as much time for forum whoring these days. Cut right back.

And sure, if you're there at the Dyno Day/Renewal Day on Sunday I'll be there. It'll be a sedate ride though, will be running it in.

do people still run in new cars?

[llama_au]

I think you're supposed to? Toyota were saying 1600kms, not sure on Subaru's take on it.

[Basti]

i went off and googled it. found this

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

and this

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/ask-the-experts-runningin-a-car-20120412-1wvmz.html

[kaitoukid]

Man Daytona. It's $1 at uni for 10 laps on hard (middle difficulty one). So much time playing that game.

[bluejeans]

Man Daytona. It's $1 at uni for 10 laps on hard (middle difficulty one). So much time playing that game.

What uni man?

SAU Daytona meet.

[Miguelone]

i went off and googled it. found this

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

and this

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/ask-the-experts-runningin-a-car-20120412-1wvmz.html

Definately subscribe to this school of thought. Beat on dat engine yo!

[llama_au]

I'm more comfortable with varying the revs, but not thrashing it. That sits more comfortably in my mind. Everyone has opinion and no-one agrees on what to do.

[kaitoukid]

What uni man?

SAU Daytona meet.

Monash Clayton man. Although majority of that time was when I was in first year. IN for SAU Daytona meet though, brush back up on dem drift skillz. + I'm always at Uni

Realised by 'hard' I think I meant 'advanced'. Ain't nobody got time for Expert

Edited April 4, 2013 by kaitoukid

[WGNPWR]

thrash the shit out of it

take it back if its f**ked

clearly will be a warranty issue

[KURAUN]

i went off and googled it. found this

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

and this

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/ask-the-experts-runningin-a-car-20120412-1wvmz.html

Yeah I would probably go and beat on a new engine, all the mechanics do it when they rebuild engines nowadays too

Worst case scenario is it needs a rebuild, and on a BRZ that can only include forced induction

[UNR33L]

Yep, warm up your engine and then rev it out (dont limiter bash though)

That's what I did with mine and the tuner said it was making some really good power standard and I must of worn engine in well

[Birds]

Just drive it as you would if you bought it second hand...new cars are designed with the lowest common denominator in mind, who wouldn't consider running in periods. They couldn't afford to warranty new cars if they would break from driving it with a bit of stick. Think the engines are fairly run in / tested from factory anyway.