PLEASE DO NOT POST IF YOUR CAR IS N/A. This is also for guys that use their car as their DD.

 

1-2mins. I usually just go after that but take it easy and only rev under 3k.

Edit: I drive this to work everyday. When I remember I let it warm up but if I am in a hurry/late getting out I dont, which is almost everyday.

 

^^thanks for feed back

 

Depends upon time of year. In colder months, I let it warm up until operating temp, which could take up to 7 minutes. I plan pretty far ahead. Now, however, it is no longer considered to be a "daily driver". more like a "seasonal driver"

 

~130* coolant temp before i'll touch it

 

I pretty much just get in and go as long as the outside temp isnt to cold. I take it easy on it until its to operating temp though.

 

I just drive, I don't boost it, well I try not to until it's warm. Maybe a psi or two because the highway is a minute from my house so when I'm late I'll hop in my car and get right on the highway. I don't have a built motor thou, its a stock LS. Forged does take a little more time to expand.

 

if you heard what my car sounds like when you first start it up, you wouldn't just get in and drive anywhere! lol

i wait till the needle is about at operating temp and i don't get on it hard till it's been at operating temps for at least 5 or 10min.

Then i give her hell, this car is only driven as a weekend warrior / track days.

 

Just get in and go. I just take it easy until the car gets to operating temperature.

 

same here........my forged internal honda sounds like a VW deisel if you drive off under moderate loads.

i usually let it idle/warm up about a miniute or so then drive off very very slowly until it warms up.

plus i have a remote starter which i use everyday so by the time i start the engine up and get ready to go i can just jump in a leave.

 

my DD non turbo IS300....1-3 minutes.


my weekend ls/v turbo civic....3-5 minutes.

I'm in Hawaii where the morning temp is never colder than 60 degrees, and never hotter than 75 degrees, so it's not seasonal, it's everyday.

 

I wait about 30sec then drive very easily until warm. I have it programmed so I can't go more than 2psi until 135* F. I keep revs under 2500 and vac less(more numericaly) than 10".

 

Its not good to let your car idle up to long. I usualy do 3-5min. and after about 5min driving my oil temps start to move up a bit.Once i hit 130-160 temps then ill start to get on it.

 

id like to say i just hop in my gsr and go most the time and it never broke down on me once for any reason after two years of hard driving.. but im going boost this weekend so maybe ill give it a minute or two

 

I usually let it idle for a good 2-5 minutes before start driving it. Sometimes more if I'm still finishing up whatever I was doing before getting to the car. Auto start FTW!

 

1-2mins but I wont beat on it until the car is up to full temp.....My car sounds kinda shitty when you first start it up too lol

 

Idle for 30 seconds or so then take it easy until water temp is up and oil pressure drops to where it runs when it is fully warmed up.

 

For a stock motor, 1-2 mins is enough, but I'll usually do 3-5 if I can with my forged internal D16. It has relatively loose bearings, so it doesn't mind the higher oil pressure/viscosity when its cold. I also live ~1 mile from the freeway, so its best if I warm it up - both for the internals AND fuel economy, as weird as it may sound.

Anyways IMO its the oil temp/pressure that is most imperative, not really ECT's. I'm putting GSR oil coolers on my cars mainly to warm the oil up faster, rather than cool it down when running hard.

 

lol, i usually get up start my car , then go back in the house and start getting ready. So my car usually warms up for about 10-15minutes .

But one time i was LATEEE.. And it was about 30* out. Start up idle was about 3k. and i drove for about a mile not having to get on the gas. lol

 

i just get in and go, no boost or hard driving until operating temp

 

141*F im not sure how long that is probably 3-5min but i cant boost past 9psii until after that.

 

I would think the wait time would vary depending on how loose it was built.

I normally start mine and let it idle 30 sec and go. Ectune has a sub 140 degree ECT rev limiter and boost cut so you can't be hard on it in the cold. I normally set everyone's at 1000mbar or 0 psi, and 4.5k rev limit. Honestly when mines cold I'll hit one of those limiters every shift just messing around.. sounds interesting, warms it up faster lol

There are also many timing and fuel corrections active during those conditions which tend to help as well.

If a customer has a really loose pwc w forged pistons, idle it longer before taking off.

 

Thank you. You summed it up pretty well in the since that if its stock just wait a minute or two if it has forged piston wait 3 to 10 mins.

 

Me too.

 

Stock pistons I just idle for 10 - 30 sec, normally I just go..

Forged pistons, maybe 30 sec then go..

Forged pistons with a loose Piston to Wall Clearance, PWC, I try to get the ECT up a little before I move it.

All three of these variables would all have the cold rev & boost restrictions I talked about earlier. So all three would never see boost until it was at full operation temp. The restrictions turn off at 141 degrees, but between 141 degrees and 192 degrees corrections play a big roll so it runs rich and is down on power during this time. I don't boost it till it hits the ECT to which I know it was tuned at.

Hope this helps, I used to over think things like this in the past but have since learned how durable these engines actually are and don't dwell on small stuff concerning them anymore.