Heat

[Thefbomb13]

For my heat to work good .. my engine needs to be warm ... can i buy something to make my car heat up faster?

[josh98bird]

Re: Heat

Get a remote start if you dont wanna run out to start it... otherwise you just gotta wait. Make sure you coolant is full and your car will warm quicker and don't turn on the heat until the car warms up. Otherwise, buy this... probably sucks.

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,...ter-Defroster_

[Thefbomb13]

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lmao never thought about that ... thanx that thing does look like it sucks haha

[Cyborg]

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Saw someone do it to an electric car (electric, no rad, no heat for heaters)

He put an electric fan in the fan ducts, and when he started the car these came on automatically (Inverter of some sort would work I assume), and it would heat up a lot faster then the coolant would.

Or, just run an extension cord from your house, into the car, connected to a space heater, and plug it in either like an hour early, or set it on a timer.

This will only help with interior heat, not engine heat (obviously)

[nascar24jd]

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For my heat to work good .. my engine needs to be warm ... can i buy something to make my car heat up faster?

Remote start is the way to go. Your car will warm up nicely, and cannot be stolen while doing so.

When I lived up north (NY) I used to go outside, start my car, Turn on the heat, then go back inside my house for 10 minutes or so.

For risk of fire, I do not recommend any type of space heaters being used in automobiles.

[HokieBird]

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There is such a thing as an engine block heater. I have never heard of one for the f-body, but there probably is. Canadian or Northern members may have more insight on that.

[homedog119]

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or you can do it like the old school VW Bugs. The used the heat coming off the exhaust to heat up the car

[Thefbomb13]

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or you can do it like the old school VW Bugs. The used the heat coming off the exhaust to heat up the car

lol is that safe?

[Cyborg]

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There is a block heater for the F-Body, mine goes straight to the frost plug, I know that, because a week after I got my car, it blew.

[97rs4life]

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is it really that hard to wait a few minutes to get hot air blowing???

I don't see the need for all this trouble, either get a remote starter or just start your car a few minutes before leaving.

[hockeyman]

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Well, whatever you decide to go with, don't EVER rev the engine to get it to warm up faster! I've seen people do that and it's basically sealing the engine's fate.

I'm guessing that you don't do that, but I thought I'd just offer my opinion anyhow...

[Vanquish]

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I know it's not safe to rev the engine while warming up, but what about revving it to about 1500 rpm's and holding it steady right there to warm up?

I've did this for years, on my truck and my engine is perfectly normal and never have problems with it. Is this tearing it up, although not able to tell until it has ruined it?

[CDNFB]

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I've equipped my 99 FB with a block heater and an interior warmer.

Both are on a timer so that they turn on a couple of hours before I depart in the morning. The block heater keeps the engine warm enough that within 3-5 min. (depending on how cold it is outside) the heater starts to blow warm air. The Interior warmer is great because the interior is already warm and will hold the heat long enough untill heat from heater is available. The interior warmer also prevents frost from forming on the windows, and will also melt off light snow that can accumlate. Also, helps in keeping plastic interior panels and dashboards from cracking from temperature extremes.

Anouther advanage to using the block heater is that it can improve your fuel consumption because it takes less time for the engine to get to operating temperature. On short trips (under 15 min.) the engine burns the majority of the fuel during the warm up.

[nascar24jd]

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is it really that hard to wait a few minutes to get hot air blowing???

I don't see the need for all this trouble, either get a remote starter or just start your car a few minutes before leaving.

I second that. Simple solution...

[FireBird_Fr3ak]

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I have a question, do you have an aftermarket thermostat??