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

[Douglas Anderson (dnt]

Hello Hans -
How long does it take to be able to shift into 2nd gear smoothly?


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From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of 
Hans E. Hansen
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Effect of track time on valuation

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
>
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