Do you warm up the car every morning b4 driving?

[DoomsdayJesus]

I generally perform voodoo rituals with a scale model of my BRZ in the microwave on cold mornings. It may or may not work, and I have zero scientific evidence to back up my ideas, but it makes me feel better.

And puts me on par with most of the advice in this thread.

[logeysFRS]

I let her warm up nicely today then waited till she got between hot and cold to shift after 2, 500 revs. I can feel her love ^_^

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[calidus]

Originally Posted by SmartedPanda

I let it drop under 1k rpm, and an additional 2-3 minutes. I notice it's alot smoother shifting and accelerating.

It is amazing how much smoother shifting is after this car has fully warmed up.

[yomny]

At least a minute, as mentioned it does drive smoother.

[Khazzy]

Hop in, push start, in the winter turn heated seat for driver on (passenger if there is one), let it warm up while I check my tires and lights, then sit back in the car and wait for idle to drop. Then I roll out. It's funny when I have a passenger asking me what I am waiting for.

[norcalpb]

I drive the car the moment the RPMs drop to normal (~600rpm)

I keep the car under for 2.5k for 10 minutes (average time it takes my oil to warm up in 60F+ Weather.

As soon as the oil is warmed up (verified with my iPhone) I take it to redline to shake off the cobwebs.

[phuthinhon]

Originally Posted by housecat

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this can't be good for the car. You're creating a lot of movement inside the engine without the oil properly being set up.

what kind of shiftknob is that? love the look!

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[Alltezza]

I usually wait about 30 seconds to a minute and then drive

[calidus]

When I don't let the car warm up enough, shifting into second while moving is terrible. I have actually use some force to get the shifter into gear and some times I actually hear an audible click. Do I need to be worried about this?

[swpbrz]

are all your shifts like that?

I find there is a certain smooth confidence that will give a really nice smooth shift.

But if im not paying attention I will get shifts that are tough at times.

Try and notice what your doing and how it feels when you get a smooth shift and focus on recreating that.

[calidus]

Originally Posted by swpbrz

are all your shifts like that?

I find there is a certain smooth confidence that will give a really nice smooth shift.

But if im not paying attention I will get shifts that are tough at times.

Try and notice what your doing and how it feels when you get a smooth shift and focus on recreating that.

Nope it is only going from 1st to 2nd and I don't have the problem if the car has been running for 10 or 15 minutes. At first I thought maybe my clutch work was getting sloppy but I have focused on completely flooring the clutch but it doesn't seem to help.

[swpbrz]

Im not an expert, but when that happens to me I usually try to go back into neutral and try again with a slight blip of the throttle to try and match the revs of where Id be at in 2nd gear. I know what you mean though, sometimes if im in traffic I cant baby it and sort of force it into 2nd. Im not sure if its bad, but its definitely not as satisfying as a clean warmed up shift.

[Kostamojen]

Originally Posted by calidus

When I don't let the car warm up enough, shifting into second while moving is terrible. I have actually use some force to get the shifter into gear and some times I actually hear an audible click. Do I need to be worried about this?

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46208

[calidus]

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46208

Thanks, I now gone down the rabbit hole that is this forums 30+ pages on transmissions fluids.