Drive COLD or WARM?

vipor · 03-02-2010, 05:47 PM

He keeps it in his prison wallet.

Vegitto-kun · 03-02-2010, 05:48 PM

I start drifting and burnouting everywhere.

engine needs to be warmed up quickly

nah I just drive quite calm and never go above 3000RPM

kenchan · 03-02-2010, 05:55 PM

plus the 370z sounds great the first 30seconds during cold start. why not just listen to it?

nuTinmuch · 03-02-2010, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

plus the 370z sounds great the first 30seconds during cold start. why not just listen to it?

Haha, I completely agree. It sounds so money on startup.

nicknick · 03-02-2010, 08:07 PM

in winter i usually warm up for 3 minutes. it is not going to kill you and it is doing your car metallurgy good.

spearfish25 · 03-02-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by vipor

Oil temp is definitely more important as far as motor longevity goes. That's why until it starts moving I don't really get on it.

Living in Chicago, I'm driving in sub-zero temps often. I never get on the throttle above 3k RPM unless the oil temp is off the minimum. Even then, I limit the acceleration (<4-5k) until I hit 180F.

fullmonty · 03-02-2010, 09:54 PM

Since my cars normally in the garage I give it the 30 seconds, sometimes a little more. If its been sitting outside all night and its really cold, I'll start it up get out and have a smoke. By then all the temps are good to go and the butt warmers nice and toasty

Brendan@Bwalk · 03-02-2010, 10:05 PM

I live in the land where cold weather doesn't happen often (NorCal), so I usually just wait for the car to come off fast idle. After that, it's sub 3k rpm till the car has fully warmed up; coolant gets there first, then oil, then gearbox. I usually wont get on a car hard till I've gone at least 10 miles or so.

KillerBee370 · 03-02-2010, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nuTinmuch

Haha, I completely agree. It sounds so money on startup.

Especially with a full exhaust system!

PapoZalsa · 03-02-2010, 10:29 PM

Most of the time the car will warm up to up to 5 mins.

AK370Z · 03-03-2010, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt

I have a tube that reroutes all my exhaust fumes directly into the cabin, to bring up the interior temperature right away after a cold start.

BTW, I just wait till the water temp moves to the 2nd dot. That's just my way of knowing I'm ready to drive away. If the outside temparature is 40 degrees F, it doesn't take long until dot moves to 2nd. But if it's 15 degrees F (that's 15 below freezing), it's takes 4-5 minutes. The only reason I wait a little is because I live 30 seconds off the parkway. I usually hit the acceleration ramp at full throttle

. But as Killerbee said, if I'm in a rush, start and GO for me

dang370z · 03-03-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by vipor

I take it real easy (2 - 3k) until the water temp starts moving then keep it under 4 - 5k until the oil temp moves.

kannibul · 03-03-2010, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugoneus

Here is a question for ya:

Some people suggest to wait for the car to warm up during cold days to avoid running at higher than idel RPMs when the oil is still cold.

Others suggest that you should start right away, because if the goal is to get the oil warmed up, you should warm it up as quickly as possible. (Of course you don't floor it, but you start driving right away).

I tend to go with the first approach, what do you guys think?

When the RPM starts dropping, I'll back out of my garage.

Since I'm the second house on my street from an arterial (though nearly rural), after that I'm going down the road at 45-55mph.

My frontier with it's temperature sensitive transmission doesn't like to shift into OD or lock the torque converter until it's warmed up, so I've gotten soft on gunning it until then, which by that point I'm on a highway.

That carries over w/ the Z.

Plus, the tires don't grab as well when they've not yet warmed up from use.

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fullmonty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 7,762 Drives: 370 Touring/Sport Rep Power: 34	Since my cars normally in the garage I give it the 30 seconds, sometimes a little more. If its been sitting outside all night and its really cold, I'll start it up get out and have a smoke. By then all the temps are good to go and the butt warmers nice and toasty __________________

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Brendan@Bwalk Supporting Nissan Dealer Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Redwood City, CA Posts: 56 Drives: Unreliable V8 Rep Power: 15	I live in the land where cold weather doesn't happen often (NorCal), so I usually just wait for the car to come off fast idle. After that, it's sub 3k rpm till the car has fully warmed up; coolant gets there first, then oil, then gearbox. I usually wont get on a car hard till I've gone at least 10 miles or so. __________________ Brendan Dolan Internet Sales Boardwalk Nissan Check out my current 370Z inventory! Check out my Nissan Leaf Blog and help me pad the analytics with unique visitors...

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nicknick Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 438 Drives: Mazda mx5 2007 6sp m Rep Power: 16	in winter i usually warm up for 3 minutes. it is not going to kill you and it is doing your car metallurgy good.