3-3.5 K limit who does ?

[mr bognor]

Right then people who sticks to a 3 - 3.5 RPM limit when there car is cold and how long do people wait till they give it the beans ??? I give the old girl 10-15 mins then shes primed for a good old thrashing

 

[clio__chris]

yep

below 3k for 10/15 mins

 

[Mells]

yep, but my car doesnt have to many beans to give.

 

[Gary_B]

yep, but my car doesnt have to many beans to give.

LOL, mine neither

 

[ajketley]

yeh like above. Although its 3k max for me until 15min is up.

 

[mr bognor]

I find it hard to stick to ( but i do most of the time ) this esp wen on the motorway

 

[Brasseye]

allways keep it under 4k until shes warmed up and ready to go

 

[tommyboy]

I find it hard to stick to ( but i do most of the time ) this esp wen on the motorway

sorry off topic like but, how have you got a signature?

2nded..... how?

On topic I wait at least 15mins before going past 3k rpm

 

[philmots]

err i generally keep it below 4k but in morning i have to pull out onto 60mph busy road so norm end up goin to 6k in first and second after about 2 mins but cant be helped, after that give it 10 mins or so, or when it lets me use full revs

 

[jiminy]

3k until i get to the motorway, about ten minutes, i miss having an oil temp reading.

 

[mr bognor]

3k until i get to the motorway, about ten minutes, i miss having an oil temp reading.

Yeah me to was the only good thing on the 206 gti

 

[DH_GTI]

me under 3k till warm

 

[Lucas]

Normally under 3-4k for 10mins or so from cold but as others say its hard to really tell without an oil temp gauge. Will vary with ambient temperature and also how long car has been stood for.

I personally wouldn't worry too much about religiously keeping below 3k revs for 15 mins, as long as you don't thrash it within first 10 mins.

 

[dsturbed]

I stick to a max of 3000 till oil gauge is up to half way marker. The car is a b**ch to drive when cold!!!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I find it warms up quicker when you give it some

 

[mr bognor]

I find it warms up quicker when you give it some

LOL

 

[FincH]

Normaly under 3k foe the whole journey tbh lol.

I don't bother timing it. Usualy go by the oil pressure as this is relative to oil temp(to a degree)...not water temp or any crap like that.

But yes, that is usualy within about 10-15minutes.

Deffo find it drives along the dual carriageway better after say 20 minutes than it does 10minutes.

Low revs ftw

 

[Paddy_g46]

i always go easy until the water temp has settled at norm temp, and any1 that says u have 2 wait for the oil not the water, its utter b****cks because for the water 2 b that hot the engine has 2 b that hot so therefore the oil will b hot! lol

 

[John D]

I stick to a max of 3000 till oil gauge is up to half way marker. The car is a b**ch to drive when cold!!!

You've got an oil temp gauge on your Trophy?

 

[Djw John]

Its a water gauge mate unless youve fitted an oil one?

 

[FincH]

i always go easy until the water temp has settled at norm temp, and any1 that says u have 2 wait for the oil not the water, its utter b****cks because for the water 2 b that hot the engine has 2 b that hot so therefore the oil will b hot! lol

N#ah I find the water temp too tempramental and unreliable.

Oil pressure follows a trend. First 15 minutes of driving and I find water temp is a bit hit or miss then will eventualy settle.

 

[Martin_172]

i wait untill the water temp is at normal, i only worry about lack of oil not lack of oil temp! as long as their is oil with a resonable heat in it it does the job for me

 

[darren_rallye]

My car has a high-tech oil temp. guage.

I don't rev it hard until it's hot

 

[daviebroon]

got a 1 mile combination of drive and country lane... so 5 mins of second gear 2k... after that 70mph using the rev band. slick 50 and vr1 sorts that out.

 

[Rich]

I wait till I have got the coolant up to temp, then from past cars with oil temp gauges it seems to take another 10 or so mins after that for the oil temp to come up. Only then does she get the full size 11 in her.

 

[jooliona]

subconsciously yes, cos it takes me at least 5 mins to get onto a decent road, by which time she's warm anyway, and i dont like to make her scream in residential areas! :nono:

 

[Mark J]

yeah, i generally keep to around 3k, even though i have 2 reasonably long streches of road to get to work, i leave at 7.15am, so no one is about.......dont know how i resist really lol

 

[speedynz]

i always go easy until the water temp has settled at norm temp, and any1 that says u have 2 wait for the oil not the water, its utter b****cks because for the water 2 b that hot the engine has 2 b that hot so therefore the oil will b hot! lol

Anyone who has driven a car with an oil temp guage will tell you that oil takes a lot longer to warm up than water. Typically, water temp will settle after after around 3 miles (depending on ambient temp), oil can take a full 10 miles and for all engine internals to reach optimum operating temp it can be (a variable) 10-15 miles.

 

[Lam7r]

Below 3k for first 5 mins

Below 4k for the next 5 mins

I never go on cam or above 5k for about 15 mins if its from cold.

If i have used it to go shopping or something and then get back in and its warmish i will tend not to bother with the above.

Saying that i had a family emergency the other day and i ragged it from cold pretty much to get where i needed to ASAP.

Also in my Vectra, i rag that from cold on a daily basis and in 45k of doing so it has never missed a beat.

 

[Rich]

i always go easy until the water temp has settled at norm temp, and any1 that says u have 2 wait for the oil not the water, its utter b****cks because for the water 2 b that hot the engine has 2 b that hot so therefore the oil will b hot! lol

Anyone who has driven a car with an oil temp guage will tell you that oil takes a lot longer to warm up than water. Typically, water temp will settle after after around 3 miles (depending on ambient temp), oil can take a full 10 miles and for all engine internals to reach optimum operating temp it can be (a variable) 10-15 miles.

Fully agreed, as I posted above in my reply. Both my 309 and 205 GTi's had an oil temp gauge and it was another 10 or so mins before the oil temp came up after the coolant getting to running temp.

 

[steve740]

Right then people who sticks to a 3 - 3.5 RPM limit when there car is cold and how long do people wait till they give it the beans ??? I give the old girl 10-15 mins then shes primed for a good old thrashing

Yep, I keep mine below 2k for a good half hour. Driving miss daisy!!!

 

[Steve2004]

Right then people who sticks to a 3 - 3.5 RPM limit when there car is cold and how long do people wait till they give it the beans ??? I give the old girl 10-15 mins then shes primed for a good old thrashing

Yep, I keep mine below 2k for a good half hour. Driving miss daisy!!!

I rev mine to 2k max whilst it's cold, tis horrid if I have to go straight onto a national speed limit road :dapprove:

Once warm - it gets hell :approve:

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I have a "20 min rule" where the car doesn't go above 3.5K for the first 20 mins.

NO VTEC'ing for @ least that long!!!