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Metallover 01.14.2009 10:28 PM

It's cold..... Really cold.
 
Its cold. At the moment it is -16. It's supposed to get down to -25 tonight. The windchill ATM is -34...:gasp: When I got in my truck after church the inside of the window had a hard frost on the entire thing and it took me 5 minutes to scrape off.:diablo: Then the whole drive home sucked because I never got any hot air.:grrrrrr: Even with a 5.2 v8 MAGNUM it was freezing...:wink:

It's cold.:no:

Oh well.:lol: tomorrow I have a late start due to semesters and I'll have to see what the temp is when I get up.:mdr: It's all good. I only have to go to school until 11:45 too!:yipi::yipi:

MetalMan 01.14.2009 10:36 PM

You are gonna hate us SoCal'ers right now. We've been getting temps in the low 80s for some reason... We must have stolen heat from you guys!

rawfuls 01.14.2009 10:37 PM

Yeah.. I love being in SoCal... :]

Takedown 01.14.2009 10:37 PM

Haha im in the same situation dude. Were sitting at -11 with -30 WC's.

rawfuls 01.14.2009 10:38 PM

So there must be snow everywhere?

maxair45 01.14.2009 10:39 PM

Just about 0 here without wind chill. Its nasty!

Metallover 01.14.2009 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rawfuls (Post 252244)
So there must be snow everywhere?

Worst pic I've ever posted and ever will post...
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/S7301521.jpg

JThiessen 01.14.2009 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Metallover (Post 252230)
Its cold. At the moment it is -16. It's supposed to get down to -25 tonight. The windchill ATM is -34...:gasp: When I got in my truck after church the inside of the window had a hard frost on the entire thing and it took me 5 minutes to scrape off.:diablo: Then the whole drive home sucked because I never got any hot air.:grrrrrr: Even with a 5.2 v8 MAGNUM it was freezing...:wink:

It's cold.:no:

Oh well.:lol: tomorrow I have a late start due to semesters and I'll have to see what the temp is when I get up.:mdr: It's all good. I only have to go to school until 11:45 too!:yipi::yipi:

Plug that "Magnum" in buddy - and get some cardboard in your grill (zip tie it in place if you can).
A V8 might actually take longer to get warmed up than a smaller motor (more cold metal to warm up).

What's_nitro? 01.14.2009 10:46 PM

I try not to take phone pics whenever possible... :rofl:

It's cold here, too! ATM it's like "9". :lol: No wind though. That will change tomorrow with the storm coming through.

Metallover 01.14.2009 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JThiessen (Post 252249)
Plug that "Magnum" in buddy - and get some cardboard in your grill (zip tie it in place if you can).
A V8 might actually take longer to get warmed up than a smaller motor (more cold metal to warm up).

Good point... Me and my dad searched for anything to plug in and didn't find anything...:sleep: I'll... Should I put cardboard covering the whole front grill?

Metallover 01.14.2009 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by What's_nitro? (Post 252250)
I try not to take phone pics whenever possible... :rofl:

It's cold here, too! ATM it's like "9". :lol: No wind though. That will change tomorrow with the storm coming through.

Sadly, thats not a phone pic.:oh::rofl:

Usually my camera takes nice pics but the comination of the darkness and far awayness ruined it...:diablo:

What's_nitro? 01.14.2009 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Metallover (Post 252254)
Sadly, thats not a phone pic.:oh::rofl:

Usually my camera takes nice pics but the comination of the darkness and far awayness ruined it...:diablo:

Awe. Your camera doesn't have night vision mode..... :mdr:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metallover (Post 252252)
Should I put cardboard covering the whole front grill?

When it's this cold you could probably get away with that. Though usually you cover about 60-80% of the area.

_paralyzed_ 01.14.2009 10:54 PM

^+1 those cold stat ups are terrible on engines. If you don't have a block heater, get one. I'm cold too neighbor.

Metallover 01.14.2009 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by _paralyzed_ (Post 252258)
^+1 those cold stat ups are terrible on engines. If you don't have a block heater, get one. I'm cold too neighbor.

Haha, you're just as cold if not colder tonight. :na: I remember one of our old cars had a block heater, but we sold that awhile ago. Now the accord doesn't have one, and doesn't need one. This truck has had starting problems (battery draining), but for some reason the mechanic unhooked the rpm gauge :grrrrrr: and it has started perfectly ever since. This should be the beggest test for it yet.... I do have a garage going for me though.:yipi:

I'll cover about 3/4 of the grill area with cardboard and see how that works out tomorrow.

What's_nitro? 01.14.2009 11:03 PM

Unless that garage is heated it wont make a big difference in starting ease. :whistle:


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