Cold weather issues?

[cmspaz]

Why can't you spool the turbo? Boost leaks now?
New clutch + flywheel = 500 mile no boost break-in period of gayness.

[scheides]

I have to say I have been *insanely* impressed my car so far this winter. This fall, I was worried my mini-battery was on its last legs. With the headgasket issues the car sat for a few 5-day stretches or so and even didn't start once. Since the car has been running happily again, I have had *zero* battery issues and it consistently cranks right over, even in the -11' weather we've been having.

I have heard and seen horror stories of guys running E85 in the winter and having hard-start problems. I am happy to report that my carts on the second or third crank every time (turn key, crank-crank-vroom!) and needs little to no warm-up time, especially since someone unlocked a bit of that info from the stock ECU for tweakage.

Lastly, snow tires. It's been 10 years since I've had a car with snow tires, and all I gotta say is DAMN I love these General Altimax Arctics I put on the Evo. On ice, they rock. In slush, they rock. In snow, they rock! On the dry, they are a tad bit marshmellowy, but once I got them inflated properly I am happy to say that they have been decent in the 1 or 2 dry days we've had since I put them on, LOL! These things almost grip too much, I can't wait to do some actual deep snow plowing action with them. The 2-4" snowfalls we've had so far have proven to be childsplay for these suckers.

If you're reading this and you don't drive your car in the winter (your FUN car), you are MISSING OUT!

[awd-drifter]

If you're reading this and you don't drive your car in the winter (your FUN car), you are MISSING OUT!

x2. though, i have "all season" Falken 512s, it's not bad but a little slidy here and there, but with AWS its fun as hell.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

I'm happy to report that my car has been sideways at least once every day for the last 2 weeks. Hahaha I need snow tires though, almost went off the road on the way to work this morning.

[turbotalon1g]

I'm happy to report that my car has been sideways at least once every day for the last 2 weeks. Hahaha I need snow tires though, almost went off the road on the way to work this morning.

Nice, but some of us do that in the dry. :rock2:

[Halon]

If you're reading this and you don't drive your car in the winter (your FUN car), you are MISSING OUT!

The only thing I'm missing out on by not having my 17 year old car see salt ever, is busted knuckles when all the rusted out bolts would be breaking off. It was funny to hear when a local shop who put in my AGX's tell me "that was the easiest install I've ever done of these, all the bolts/nuts came off easily and nothing was rusted out". My FUN car will never see winter weather! I have plenty of fun in my DD :)

[4g63tcrazy]

The only thing I'm missing out on by not having my 17 year old car see salt ever, is busted knuckles when all the rusted out bolts would be breaking off. It was funny to hear when a local shop who put in my AGX's tell me "that was the easiest install I've ever done of these, all the bolts/nuts came off easily and nothing was rusted out". My FUN car will never see winter weather! I have plenty of fun in my DD :)
X2 plus my fun car is fwd!

[brando]

my dd is a hondas and it pwns

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Nice, but some of us do that in the dry. :rock2:
Well aren't you Mr. Cool? hahaha My car could easily do it in the dry, I just prefer not to, considering this is my DD and I don't care to be breaking stuff all the time.

[curt_gendron]

Heated garage + 1000amp battery + AWD + snow tires = no winter issues. ;)

I hate getting my Eclipse exposed to all that salt for the winter. But I have to drive something for winter. Anyone who thinks that the salt isn't that bad for there car is seriously delusional. In the Fall I go through and wax everything, including the engine bay, door jams, etc. But that salt is still eating away at the underside. Heck, last Saturday I washed it in the garage and hosed off the underside really good. But its still an uphill battle.

later,
Curt