How about plugging it in for a few hours before the trip to the track?MrBo wrote:I have thought about that a lot. I don't think I could pull that off using an open trailer to tow to the track. ( I want to drive it to tech inspection as soon as possible & the highway airflow would cool it as you heat it.)dieselgeek wrote:I think the preheater idea is a good one. Presumably much less engine wear?
Heaters would take a while to work when you get to the track.
I have also tried to figure out an easy way to run on propane for warm up, but I thought that might be more trouble than it was worth & dangerous too.
starting engine in cold weather
Moderator: Team
-
- Guru
- Posts: 2248
- Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:51 pm
- Location:
Re: starting engine in cold weather
Calibration Engineer
www.DIYAutotune.com
www.DIYAutotune.com
-
- Guru
- Posts: 1089
- Joined: Fri May 10, 2013 9:20 pm
- Location: te puke, bay of plenty, new zealand
Re: starting engine in cold weather
mmmmmmm .......... Ether, just love the smell and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !
Re: starting engine in cold weather
I don’t think it would be worthwhile because the track is over two hours away.dieselgeek wrote:
How about plugging it in for a few hours before the trip to the track?
Maybe someday someone will invent a heated carb spacer for warm up on cold days.
"I promise you Sheriff, I won't throw one more rock... Didn't say nothin' 'bout no brick!" --Ernest T Bass
Re: starting engine in cold weather
"There's nothing new under the sun." GM (and probably others) used carb spacers with electric grids on a number of cars in the early eighties...
Felix, qui potuit rerum cognscere causas.
Happy is he who can discover the cause of things.
Happy is he who can discover the cause of things.
Re: starting engine in cold weather
hey maddbilli was gonna use a squeeze ball, but didnt have on with me. nice idea to fill bowl up and run it out. thanks art
Re: starting engine in cold weather
"Maybe someday someone will invent a heated carb spacer for warm up on cold days. "
FWIW, Ford had aluminum, water heated spacers between carb and manifold back in the 70's, both 2bbl and 4bbl
110 volt battery warmer pads are handy for heating up stuff, like oil pans or even blocks. Some leave them on all the time. Amazing how a warm oil pan will increase cranking speedbelow zero. Mopar has a good one.
FWIW, Ford had aluminum, water heated spacers between carb and manifold back in the 70's, both 2bbl and 4bbl
110 volt battery warmer pads are handy for heating up stuff, like oil pans or even blocks. Some leave them on all the time. Amazing how a warm oil pan will increase cranking speedbelow zero. Mopar has a good one.