MercuryF6 Member 20 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 11/08/05 12:36 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 12:36 PM The wait is over! Picked up my new Mercury Silver F6 today. I gotta say, these things really haul ass for a production car. Havin' a bit of trouble with the 6 speed.....pretty tight and too many gears!Asked one of the FPV service technicians about the best way to run the engine in and he said just drive it hard if you want it to go hard. Sounded like a bit of a risk to me, but he drives one and said that he services the local XR6-T cop cars which are driven hard straight out of the box and always go better than the ones that are babied. Any comments?I thought I'd go midfield.......take it a bit easy with a few good blasts in between!Anyway.....another happy camper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximum_velocity Lemming No #5 Member 1,991 Member For: 19y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Endeavour Hills, Victoria Posted 11/08/05 12:39 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 12:39 PM congrats mate they are an awesome machine.Regards to the gearbox it will loosen up as the K's get higher. Give it about 15,000 km before you tell FPV about it The FPV technician was right about running it in. Drive it like you stole it mate give it a gutful. It has been proven on here the ones that the driven hard straight out of the box appear to have a bit more power on the dyno and on the road/track aswell.where abouts are you from merc.P.S Too bad about the colour, bloody HgAg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QikSmurf Member 246 Member For: 21y 3m 27d Posted 11/08/05 12:50 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 12:50 PM Welcome MercuryF6. I can honestly say this is the first car I have owned that still excites me every time I turn the key (or push the button in this case).As far as running it in, my dealer advised me to take it easy for the first 1500km, which I did until I drove it off the lot. In my opinion, you should drive it hard from the start, maybe changing just before the chime comes in. having done this my engine only lost about 1/2 a litre before the 3000km service. Its now done 20,000km and doesn't use a drop. My only advise is to not cane the engine when its cold. I know this sounds obvious but a few of my colleagues do burn outs when thay leave the office after their cars have sat parked all day. Some fairly late model cars blowing grey smoke now because of their foolishness. Drive it hard but warm it up first. Secondly, use the best oil money can buy. Most dealers will now use Castrol Synthetic R 0w-40. Its expensive but if you drive the car hard you need to protect the engine.Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryF6 Member 20 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 11/08/05 12:58 PM Author Share Posted 11/08/05 12:58 PM Thanks guys.....sounds good to me. Would be frustrating nursing something with so much potential.I'm from Newcastle V8_FRD. How about yourself?Anyone done the FPV drive day recently? What's it all about? From what I heard, you get some driver training and an opportunity for some fast laps in your car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 19y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 11/08/05 01:33 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 01:33 PM Mate, well done.. My rep said "there is no run-in procedure" has something to do with tolerances being so tight??Anyway, here's a link to the WA FPV Drive we went on last week.. Is a good blast and you get to thrash your car around abit.. A few hard laps, it's all good.. http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19248 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximum_velocity Lemming No #5 Member 1,991 Member For: 19y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Endeavour Hills, Victoria Posted 11/08/05 01:41 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 01:41 PM I'm from Newcastle V8_FRD. How about yourself?melbourne mate, the land of fast cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 1m 12d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 11/08/05 08:46 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 08:46 PM Congrats MercuryF6,Cant wait to see some pics and your debrief of the first week. Going to make my week wiat even longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatV8 Artificially Aspirated Member 951 Member For: 20y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 11/08/05 09:15 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 09:15 PM PICS!! I wanna see pics!!oh and I would really like a high res copy of a nice pic I could use as wallpaper. Have been trying to find pics of HgAg phoons for ages!Please?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 21y 10m Location: North Brisbane Posted 11/08/05 09:17 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 09:17 PM Onya The 'box will get better....... mine was like that a week ago. Damn bear needed two arms to shift it!As for running it in, mate, if there was no run-in required, they wouldn't recommend one in the owners manual. Every engine needs bedding in. The high points (very, very small) on contacting surfaces wear down and most importantly the rings bed in. Really easy, don't rev the engine (EVER) while cold - already been said. And remember also, just because the water temp is up, there is some seven litres of oil in the motor that need warming up too. Check your oil pressure gauge at idle. As the oil heats up, the oil pressure drops at idle due to the oil becoming thinner - it is a great guide to warmth.Put the engine under load - I kept my revs below 4000 for the first 1000 odd kms and well under 5000 for the next 500kms. Don't sit on the one engine rpm for great periods of time. Running-in is a pain in the proverbial actually, but do it properly and a great engine you will have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mercurysteve Guests Posted 11/08/05 11:04 PM Share Posted 11/08/05 11:04 PM congrats, nice color too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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