Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Effect of track time on valuation

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

My warm up routine was/is relatively easy:

I live on a long steep hill.  A brief driveway idle period - like 60
seconds, then down the hill with no load on the engine.  I rationalize
that all the mechanical bits are turning for the 3/4 mile to the
bottom, circulating the fluids.  Then about 3/4 mile at very light
throttle - low speed, level ground.  For most of my cars I call this
good enough.  But for the departed GT4, I turned down a long
residential street with a speed limit of 35mph for about 3 miles.
Then a higher speed section for another 2 miles.  Then 60mph at light
throttle back into town, about 5 miles.  Good to go.

Hans.

On 11/24/20, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> Rick, you bring up the warming up routine.
>
> Has anyone ever installed a block heater on a Ferrari engine to speed up the
> warming-up phase?
>
> I’m almost tempted to install one into the 308. I’d consider it a big help
> for the engine, seeing as it takes an annoyingly long time to get this thing
> up to temp, before I put some serious speed on it (freeway on-ramp is too
> close to home, so I take the “long” way around the neighborhood).
>
> Peter
>