Originally Posted by Cuda340
In Wednesday's SRT 300C Chat Session, someone asked the engineers if it would be okay to drive a new SRT 800 miles home from the dealer. I had previously asked this question several months ago and they said it was okay- just avoid wide open throttle.
Yesterday, they expanded upon their previous answer and stated that the SRT engines are partially broken-in when they arrive at the dealers. They have already been run for 200 miles at 30 mph before they are installed in new vehicles. After the first tank of gas , the engine will have been run 500 miles and is fully broken-in. I thought that this was interesting.
Yep, these engines have always been easy to break in. They also don't like to be babied. Most of us drove it like we stole it right from the get go without ill effects. They learn through adaptive memory and will become granny mobiles if driven like one. It's a simple matter of pulling fuse #2 in the front power distribution centre for 15 seconds. This clears the memory, but they relearn pretty quick. Just a note, prior to the 2008's it was fuse #11, but that was changed to #2 in 2008.
Rambit