Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari DigestWarming up/Letting idle...

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Jim:
 
I guess I'll get some empirical data this year. Wit the surgery most of my  
cars have just "sit still" for far longer than ever before, and with less  
storage preparation. Secondary problem is that after a year of drought, as soon 
 
as I built the new garage the rains started and I can't even get a decent base  
down to run some gravel in for a starter, let alone pave or blacktop so many 
of  the cars are "in for the duration".
 
The all stay on DelTran battery maintainers (as does all of the farm  
equipment, I learned that lesson the hard way with the diesels first, and then  
the 
348, which if it sits still, unstarted and unrun for more than a week or two  
won't start without being jumped off and even then takes some time for all of  
the electronics to be happy, or at least it seems that way. I guess I have 
never  let cars sit still long enough to require over-pressurization of the 
tires 
but I  can see how that can become an issue. It seems like running them 
easily, e.g.  <50 mph for a while until they "round-out" works okay, but once 
again 
 this is the first year for extended sitting in one position.
 
As for warming them up in general, I guess I do that in cold weather, but  
just for a minute or two, longer with the diesels, and then running them easy  
until I get some indications on the water and oil temperature gauges. The 
office  is about 6 mi. from the house and I usually run them out there, stop at 
the 
post  office and then they should be ready to park. I think getting the oil  
temperature up significantly reduces water concentrations due to condensation, 
 same with the brake fluid, etc. I don't know if just running them in place 
will  do anything for anything for components other than the engine itself, and 
I'm  not sure you even put enough charge back into the battery to break even.
 
I'm not sure where you live, if I remember correctly it is somewhere up  
north like Indiana, but even then there must be a few decent days when there  
isn't any salt on the road and you can take the car out for a stretch. I can do 
 
most of mine here in KY, and that takes a lot of decent salt-free road  days.
 
Maybe we can work on patenting an automobile treadmill". Drive it on,  secure 
it by external straps and then program the treadmill to put it through  its 
paces. Combine that with a dyno and we should become rich, right?
 
Dr. Steve  

1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III...........1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB  450SL..................................1982 RR Corniche
1985 MB 280 GE  G-Wagen................. 1985 GMC Brigadier 20 Ton 
Winch/Wrecker
1988 Rolls  Royce Silver Spur................1990 Cadillac "Eagle" Hearse
1994 F-350  Powerstroke 4x4................1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder
1996 Bronco  ......................................2000 Lincoln Town Car
2004  Excursion...................................(+ Audrey's 2x MB's)
and  a
1976 Fire Truck...................................HAHN, WARNER &  SWASEY- 
DUPLEX 
DIVISION  HOWE  APPARTUS . MODEL #R400 FIRE  TRUCK w/a 100' Tower


Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES,  CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies

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