Winter Warm up

[PalmerWMD]

So today I finally ran my Z33 for the first time in a month.

Due to the previous extreme cold I had thinned out my 10w-40 redline fill with a quart of 0w-20 Syntec when I was driving the car in December ( out of a total capacity of 6.25 due to 1 qt in the JWT spacer and .25 in the compressor)

Since my wife left to visit her mom back in Europe I have been driving our 09 Malibu so the Z sat for a month outside ( no garage)

It has a new battery and never had any charge losses, before so I was confident it would start right up despite the drag of a dry supercharger compressor.

Today was a perfect day for it. kinda warmish 38 F.

It did start right up, I let it warm up and then drove it around and up some hills for 20 minutes gettig everything fully warmed up and making sure my battery stays charged and fresh.

Afterwards took joy in cleaning the engine bay

Just thought I'd share

[acidjake75]

Dont know if I could go a month without driving the Z ( I live in TX so winters are something we dont usually get down here)

Bet it was FUN compared to the Malibu..

good times!

[PalmerWMD]

I am envious of the pic in your sig. Looks like you have a great scene there.
Sadly our regional Z and G scene broke into fragmented cliques 2-3 years ago due to some big egos.

never had the time to rebuild it since I had just got engaged and then marreid and it changed my priorities too much.

But i already told Lena that this spring i will go and follow my old car habits and expect her to make it to some meets with me even though she things they are boring.

Last time I made it to a nico meet in pennsylvania, nicofest we had brought this weird couple with us and it was a disaster.

Buty this year wil be different .. besides I go to chick flicks with her so fair is fair right?

[acidjake75]

LOL - hell yes! you go to chick flicks and she goes to car meets.. that evens out I suppose. Sounds like you have your priorities straight man.. GL on getting back into to scene...its FUN! and it sounds like its been there all along...you just needed to handle up on some other more important stuff.

Mod on sir... Mod on!