Ok. My car was delivered with 46 miles to the dealership, so I can only hope the car was treated like the rotten slut it is. Since I have been behind the wheel it has seen everything from full on (insert favorite term here) to going to church Sunday best. No consideration for how many miles on it, just driven like I like to at the moment. Changed the oil at 5k to Mobil 1 full synthetic (yeah, say it it's not really, but it's what I use). Oil level has been checked every 500 miles, and no loss at all. Right now, I have 7400 miles on it.

Now for my mods, the only engine mod I have done is a JLT oil separator on the passenger side. It works very well, if you're asking, and was worth the expense.

 

The separator is one of the first things im getting. (Already got an exhaust lol)
Damn i'd be worried as hell changing the oil for the first time at 5k miles. What about all that crap from the engine break in floating in your oil?

 

That's what the oil filter is for. Besides, with the way engines are built these days, I have more fear of my 16 year old saying he is board with Halo than having an internal problem. If it does give me a problem, I'll pull it in the bay, fix it, then get paid. One of the perks of the job, though.

 

The owner's manual says to not drive at WOT for excessive periods of time for the first 100 miles and then basically to drive it like you stole it until 1,000 miles, so that's what I did

 

I just drove mine how I normally drive my cars, somewhat spirited driving, nothing outrageous. I dont think we need to go all out or be overly cautious. Taking care of the motor throughout the life of it will probably do more for you than the contested break in period.

 

I got on mine hard immediately. No oil consumption. I now run Amsoil 5w-30 and an Amsoil filter. Changed it at 1,500 miles but only because it had been in the car over a year.

 

i drove it home from the dealer with 5miles on it, startted modding right then and there. I drove it easy for the first 500 miles but after that it was on

 

I did the exact same thing. :rockon

 

When I first got mine I drove it like I stole it for the first 1000 miles then I calmed down a bit. No oil consumption here.

 

I agree that a JLT oil sperator is a very good product, added one at 1k miles and now at almost 5k only had maybe 2-3 teaspoons of oil in it and was not low on the dipstick at all.

And i beat the living **** out of my car when i drive it.

-Thomas

 

i drove it like i stole it from day one. i did avoid constant revs ie. cruise control on freeway, for the first 1500 though. It burnt two quarts over the first 3000, but has not burnt a drop since then. Now at 4300

 

I left the dealership doing a burnout.

 

Looks like a landslide. Beat the snot out of it right out of the dealership lol
Thanks guys!

 

5 miles on it when purchased and I averaged 8-9 mpg for the first month or so. Never set the cruise and romped every chance I got. Installed the JLT catch can several days after I got it and haven't had any oil consumption problems. It has what ever the dealer puts in it at 5k, 10k, and its about time for the 15k change.

The new Camaros respond really well to the same treatment. Most of the people who have problems babied the tar out of them for the first few k, myself included. This is why I now own a Mustang..

 

I have 313 miles on mine and am not and have nof been easy on it. The day I got it I put the cast back on it. Tomorrow I am gonna start installing the lts, o/r h pipe, jlt cai and AED tune. I put nt05s (315s) a couple of days ago and they hook nice.

 

Haha bad ass!! Ill get to enjoy the car the first day i pick it up
I was worried ill have to take it easy for the first 1500 miles or so

 

Here's some food for thought Derek. When I had the motor built for my Mach 1 it was done by John @ Modular Performance. John worked for Ford in the early 90's and was on the development team that developed that modular motors. So he knows a thing or two about modulars. He told me two things before we dropped the motor in. Beat on it as much as possible from the start and never use 5w-20 oil. You know how much power my Mach 1 made. It was insanely fast.

 

Yeah, that car was absolutely bad ass Scott.
I was REALLY shocked when you decided to sell it.

Thanks for the advice
...3 more weeks...

 

I made it a point that every single time i started it, i did atleast 1 pull through a few gears, definitely wait til the engines warmed up though, also burnt a miniscule amount of oil before i changed it at 5K, also avoid cruise control or same speeds, maybe even drop into 4th and 5th on the highway, say goodbye to 20+ mpg

 

20mpg? what planet you on, I barely get 13.5.

IN my defence, i did not buy the car to be efficient, If i wanted good MPG i'd get some rice shitbox iss2:

 

I picked my car up in Houston and had a 2 hour drive home. The car had 21 miles on her and first thing I did was tap the trac button, pull out of the exit of the dealership and run through the first 4 gears all the way up onto Interstate 10. My friend was in a 2010 Chevy truck and hated that drive home lol. He was constantly having to play catchup on the long stretches of freeway. I had a Bama tune on her since 400 miles with Intake, exhaust and the cats deleted and ran the piss out of her. Burned around 1.5 quarts the first 3000, and not a drop since then. I have 8500 Miles on her since February and I work offshore 2/3 of the time so that tells you how much I drive. Couldn't be happier for sure. Btw I run the regular old Motorcraft 5w-20 with the FL500 Filter. I used to be a tech at the local dealership and with regular maintenance this oil always seemed to do great so why change it? I might try jumping to the 5w-30 but I haven't had any ticks or noises yet, so I figure if its not broke, don't fix it.

 

Powerslide leaving the dealership. Ran though a FULL tank of gas the first night of ownership. I beat on it 50% of the time and just cruise it the other 50%. I get the oil changed when the "Service Engine" light come on.

 

loving it, pretty much how i drive/change oil

 

http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/2011/261672-beyond-mad-upset-confused.html

Another one of those threads that made me start this one.

 

i have been told by many engine builders to brake in the cam correctly, change the oil and check the filter, then drive it like you intend to drive it throughout its life. you dont have to break in these cams, so drive it like you intend to drive it. which i hope for all of us is like a pissed off teenager...safely haha.

 

i have been told by many engine builders to brake in the cam correctly

Yes flat tappet cams from the 70's needed to be done this way. But it's been a long time since these cams were used. 1984 was the last time a Mustang had one of these.

 

Yeah that's why I said you don't have to brake in these cams. My boat will see about 30 gallons of gas worth of brake in hours and a method of brake in that I think is necessary for that application. But the mustang was WOT at the closest freeway on ramp.