[blackwasp]

i feel sorry for you mate but honestly everybody knows a new engine in any car being a ferrari or fiat pinto needs time to bed in the rings etc etc. to take a 2000km car to the drag strip is negligent to say the least. mechanical sympathy has to come to mind for at least 5000km if not 10000km. i have been buying new cars for the last 26 years and have never had an serious engine problem.

i drove my brothers wry when new around 1500km then again at 17000km . totally different car , it felt like it had another 50kw added on!

if you were ford and warrantied every car that got thrashed at the track you would go broke overnight!