Quote Originally Posted by marketwatcher View Post
Have put 1000 miles on engine now and no problems. Broke in around country roads and suburbs 0-35-50 sporadic speeds and rpms (not high). Then 45-55 on interstate, then bumped up to 50-65 for hour long drive .
The 8th day went 55- 80 mph for about 1hr
9th day tried hard take offs and 70- 80 for and hour or more . Now just driving normal to work under 70mph normal , not hard throttle .
Getting 33 mph. Back and forth to work.(suburbs and interstate)
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5000 miles later ....
Still running good , NO LEAKS !
only problems now is my catalytic converter is showing inefficiency on the scanner.
( not related to double gasket )
Gas milage has gone down because I swapped to 15" rims and larger tires. 205/55/15.
Also not going easy on throttle anymore. Average is 28 mpg . Still staying under 80mph and 5000-5500 rpms