Warming up ur ur FD

[duff]

HI everyone i was wondering what the score is with warming ur fd up i let mine warm up for around ten minutes is this nessecary or can i drive it sooner.
cheers duff

[g11ary]

You can start it and drive straight away, just keep the revs lower than 3k til warm. More oil is circulated by gentle driving than letting it stand.

[duff]

cheers pal nice one thought u dint hav to sit there for so long
cheers duff

[Fish]

Give it at least a couple of minutes after the temp gauge reads normal temp as the oil and water temps are still not at proper operating levels yet.

Fish

[<Daneh>]

i\'ll normally let mine run for about a min, i\'ll then keep the rev\'s <2000 rpm if i can till it\'s warm.

[grinder]

i usually try and drive a good few miles at low revs before thrashing it !

at the end of the day i rather drive slowly for a bit than spend 3K on a new engine ( remember the oil advert .. OWWW WWWWW WWWWWW WWWWWW WWWWWWWW WWWWWWW when he revs it from cold )

and dont use the temp gauge as an indication - as water heats up quicker than oil

i usually wait until it reaches normal operating temp ( water ) and then do a few miles ( mins ) more to make sure

and duff - are you gonna come to the north west meet ( bank holiday monday ) ?

Stu

[Matt]

i find the 2nd turbo doesnt kick in properly until i have warmed it up for about 4 miles

[duff]

yeah i might do where is the north west meet help i live in middleton

ant

[grinder]

its just off junction 21 at mascrat manor ( warrington )

based on i have no idea where you live - i dont know if its near you !!

im about 25 miles away - so not that bad

[duff]

its not that far to b honest mate i will b able to find ok i would think do alot of people turn up for the meets?

ant

[grinder]

well its a japuk meet ( i think ! )

so there is usually about 30 cars there ( ish )

but as far as rx7\'s go ....

eerrrrr there can be anything up to about 8

so the more the merrier really

the only thing i have never seen there is an 8 and a 1st gen

there is usually 1 or 2 2nd Gens and the rest 3rd

its not a bad night usually - probably better now the weather is getting nice ( and the clocks have changed )

hope to see you there then !

Stu

[Sean]

What date is Mascrat again?:confused:

[grinder]

hiya matey !

it should be the 12th

in fact - yup its the 12/04/2004 - will you be coming ?

not that it has anything to do with warming up an FD !

[Sean]

I plan to come and if it goes to plan (like this thread hi-jacking) then I\'ll be there!!:D

Sorry, I don\'t make much sense when I\'m tired (Michelin/Avon/Dunlop, etc):wave