How many miles
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How many miles
How many break in miles did you all put on your V10 before you would see what it would do? I can tell the power is there but I want to break it in the right way because I plan on driving this truck for a long time!
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not for at least 1k. change the oil at 500 and 1k then 3k and every 3k after like going to church. after 1k you will feel some more kick . the 05 v10 is a awsome gas motor. best of luck with it.
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I am fairly conservative the first 1K doing as many hot to cold cycles as is practical. From 1K to 3 K I start to feed her power a little harder but still no max perforamnce stuff. After 3k once during every trip I deliberatly go for the big grin with a romp up to red line and back out of her but no sustained high rpm running. I am at 9800 miles this week and she still feels tight to me. I got progressivly better mpg and felt a little more power out of the 2001 V10 out to 13,000 miles where she got stable and stayed until I killed her at 47,800 miles. My 7.3L PSD took a full 18,000 miles to fully break in.
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