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Originally Posted by CDepp
Exactly. Once the choke comes off, we're just about good to go. I trust the engine mgmt system. Not that I could fight a case of cracked rings or hairline cracks in the cylinder walls with the dealership, but manufacturers 'generally' test the engines and program the CPU to act accordingly. |
I'm pretty sure that my procedure is overkill for most cars built in the last decade or two. Modern engines are a lot tougher and have a much stronger sense of self-preservation than the "classics" I'm used to driving and working on. I wouldn't want to cold start and then immediately do a WOT 1/4-mile, but merging onto the freeway when cold (I live in S AR so my "cold" is pretty warm compared to what some of you see in Winter, plus I have a 1 mile cruise through the neighborhood before getting to a freeway) shouldn't be all that hard on a modern engine.