My idea of an Italian tune-up..........On my way to work, I have to get onto the hiway, so as I'm on the on-ramp, gear selector in third, I will press the pedal more and more as I quickely build speed while looking in the rearview to see how much soot is coming out. When the rpm's are at around 3500 I will lighten up on the pedal then put it in 4th without stressing the tranny. Just before I hit 4th, there is no more soot. I do this every couple of days.

I agree with P.E. that mashing your foot into floor and spinning all that heavy mass up to red-line, is not necessary to blow carbon, in my opinion. I would think that you are running a higher risk doing that than by not running it so high and leaving the small amount of carbon left inside could!

People here say run them hard, drive like you stole it..........Well, I don't disagree with that completely, 3500 rpm is as high as I want to take mine.