[Healeys] start up Temp

[i erbs]

Thanks,
 I stood next the car or used wires to hold them up and then stopped and
released the wires when warm.
Thanks

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
1959 BN4 100-6
with BT7 engine and disk brakes.

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Steven Kingsbury <
airtightproductions at icloud.com> wrote:

> I've been driving Austin Healeys and other British sports cars for years
> and I never let the car warm up. I start it up, make sure the oil pressure
> gauge shows I have pressure and drive off. Not sure if this is the right
> way or not, but it's always worked for me and none of my cars ever suffered
> any oil related damage. I was told in the 1970's to keep the revs around 2
> grand if possible when first running, don't let it warm up under or right
> at 1K and don't over rev it either. Worked and works for me. Lots of miles
> on all of my cars. Tough to drive though when holding the choke levers up
> by hand!
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1 #598
>
> On Feb 10, 2016, at 08:12 AM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So it has been many years since I have had a working choke in my car.
> I know I need to have oil pressure before I head out on a cold morning,
> but what temp should I wait for before driving off? I have just held the
> jokes up by hand until the car reached 190 degrees and ran without the
> choke.
> It has been in the 30s in the morning, but is is warming up. Today was 42.
> So at what temp is OK to start driving the car? It has been over 7 years
> since I have had the car on the road and I drove it sparingly then.  I now
> try to drive it as much as possible.
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> 1959 BN4 100-6
> with BT7 engine and disk brakes.
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