Breaking in a new clutch

[BossAnaki]

This is just my 2 cents and it is in no way meant to be disrespectful. I fell that some may be a little to aggressive with these cars right out of the gate before they give the clutch some time to properly seat itself.
For breaking the clutch in, I recommend 500 normal miles. Try to keep away from full throttle runs. You don’t want to generate a lot of heat, but you want to seat that friction material in by bedding that material into all the metal surfaces in that clutch. After this its game on.:beer:

 

[specizripn]

Nice write up! Short, sweet, and too the point, should help some people out!

 

[VaporDude]

That is what I plan on doing. Now I have to talk my right foot into taking it easy.

 

[scampismith]

It won't hurt, but might be a little hard to do

 

[fhawk149]

****I agree*****

 

[BossAnaki]

It won't hurt, but might be a little hard to do

I completely agree with you, but the life of a clutch is very dependent on properly seating it. I've known people that have smoked a clutch in a few hundred miles that would have been overkill for their setup, all because they started hammering on it the moment they got the back on the road.

 

[bpmurr]

Oh I thought it was mod the car and then take it to the track for some passes?

 

[Bllit11]

Boss you are right on i broke this one in the same as my 2011 only at about 300 miles. What till you guys get your cars they are beasts and they want to run they almost beg you to run them. I'm lucky i got to 300 miles before i hammered it, they are just plain badass.

 

[BossAnaki]

Boss you are right on i broke this one in the same as my 2011 only at about 300 miles. What till you guys get your cars they are beasts and they want to run they almost beg you to run them. I'm lucky i got to 300 miles before i hammered it, they are just plain badass.

I know it is going to be hard to keep my foot out of it but we will see. Its just to tempting. The little devil on my shoulder will be telling me ..."go ahead just one time won't hurt". Then you know what will happen from then on. As where on the other shoulder the little angel will say..."no,no,no have patience".
I'm not going to sit here and say that I won't be a little spirited in my driving, but I won't be doing an full out runs as though I was at the track.

 

[BOD89LX]

Pretty much what Ford says to do I was easy on mine for the first 300 miles and tried to do lots of stop and start driving then did a few single gear pulls no hard shifts from gear to gear then after 500 miles tried out the launch control...... Ohhh boy it works pretty darn good. I did get some clutch smell a few times when doing some 2nd gear pulls from 2500-6000 rpms but havent had it happen at all since the 3 times it happened and it may have been the brakes for all I know as I slowed down pretty fast after doing those pulls.

 

[BossAnaki]

Pretty much what Ford says to do I was easy on mine for the first 300 miles and tried to do lots of stop and start driving then did a few single gear pulls no hard shifts from gear to gear then after 500 miles tried out the launch control...... Ohhh boy it works pretty darn good. I did get some clutch smell a few times when doing some 2nd gear pulls from 2500-6000 rpms but havent had it happen at all since the 3 times it happened and it may have been the brakes for all I know as I slowed down pretty fast after doing those pulls.

After reading your posts I also feel that it really may have been your brakes.

 

[Devious_Snake]

I drove mine chill for the first 100 then I started having a good time....760 miles later, car is a monster!

 

[BossAnaki]

I drove mine chill for the first 100 then I started having a good time....760 miles later, car is a monster!

Good stuff, maybe this is my week to receive mine and then I'll know.:rockon:

 

[Bllit11]

I hope you get it as well you've waited longer than i did. I was going nuts but trust me it's worth it.

 

[ITLMOVE]

Nice advice on the break-in. I wonder if anyone who has used this method, has ever experienced the 1-2 grind problem. The '13 is my 3rd GT500 and I've never had the 1-2 grind problem (maybe I'm just lucky).

 

[Bllit11]

My 2011 did it the 2013 shifts like butter no grind.