Shaun.........talking of plugs.
Mines starting a bit wet and i'm going to replace them.....

What should I go for?
Scoobytek told be about 6v's or 7vs? I have no idea what they are talking about......

Many fanks

Tripple,
Not sure what your modification level is, but the numbers you quote I presume are the heat rating of the plug.

One plug may give better cold start properties where another may give better higher boost properties..... I'm not sure what is the suggested best for the various levels of tune for a scoob, so I would stick with what an expert advises.

Regards,
Shaun.

Ok thanks very much.

As it's been played about with (and the car WAYHEY....er......right) they did say the 7v's but hey, one mans expert is another man gimp.....:wonder:

Cheers

7b's
NGK pfr 7b

Now i'm a little confused! having just spoke to a guy at work who i have to say is quite a competant mechanic anyway he tells me it is down to the oil used and this normally only takes a few minutes to get up to temperature!!!!

So how long does the average Scoob owner take to warm their engine?
bearing in mind we are more careful than most!

At least 10 mins at 30mph.

But that is still a "guesstimate".You cannot generalise on engine warm up times. Eg :-

A Honda 50 bike engine will be red hot after two blips of the throttle. :)

A mahoosive 5.4 litre V8 will take six weeks before any heat reaches the rocker covers. :)

The only way to accurately tell is with an oil temperature gauge.I used to do the "water temp settled in middle + 5 mins" thing but I now have an oil temp sensor for my SECS monitor & you would be suprised how far out the 5 minute rule can be.

Think summer ambient temp & then think winter ambient temp.It can be a huge difference.Can you really guess how much longer or shorter it will take?

Mark ;)

Start it and the drive off, keep it off boost and at low throttle for 15 miles, that allows the oil and engine to get up to temp and some heat to get to the gearbox and diffs, then you can boot it. I map aftermarket and new age oem ecu's to a negative boost compensation in an attempt to keep boost at actuator pressure until things warm up, thats based on engine temp, trouble is my minimum boost is 1.5 bar !!! So do it on the throttle.

cheers

bob

bob

Cheers for that bob!
( Still saving n hope to make an appointment with u nt to far in teh new year!)

I aways
 

sing to mine gently and rub in baby oil before setting off and then before switching off wrap in duvet and walk away quietly.