Spider warm up

[Joe Martin Cantrell <agiyo@domain.elided>]

Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:44:20 EST
From: BrianPal10@domain.elided
Subject: Spider warm-up?
How long should it take for a Spider to warm up to operating temperature. 
Mine take about 10 minutes of driving (not an exaggeration), and cools down 
on declines.
Brian

That's what it should do.  It will show about 180F in 10 minutes, assuming 
normal ambient conditions, and reach internal equilibrium in about 15-20 
minutes of normally spirited driving.  As I understand things, THAT'S when 
it is OK to really let it out, but these things, like oils and cams, are 
mystical quantities approaching spiritual Ones.

A deceased buddy's Ferrari 275 GTS, great car, never showed oil temp above 
about 90C.  He had been told by some Authority that he should never punch 
it before it reached 100C.  We drove for hours, never got "warm enough," 
and I finally punched it.  It needed some of the last 9/10 of its throttle 
to get "to temp;" and there, it became Ferrari.  Wow.

If my Spider weren't "warm" in 15 minutes, sooner in Dallas, I'd look at 
the gauges.  Meantime, I'd drive it the way it is meant to be 
driven.  These ain't plow horses, they need to run.

YMM (absolutely) V!
Joe

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