Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Effect of track time on valuation- Now "R" Rated!

[Robert Garven (rgarven]

Friends,

I know we all do this I heard at the factory they started the new engines up and drove them around

at redline without even breaking them in. Like the story of the car coming to the US with a wine bottle 

behind the front seat!  HA

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Rob

just to prove the back seats are usable. Pic from a GT4 photographer in LA!  Ha

On Nov 25, 2020, at 12:09 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

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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