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Fantastic temperatures for my intercoolers.

Now just need to put engine back together!

These temps are Celsius not that ancient Fahrenheit measurement

Yeh !!!!

I remember it only too well - spent 2 winters there in '82 and '83

Enjoy -

Wish I will experience such cold air one day. I love super cold weather when the air is dry.

Good luck and stay warm. I wouldn't even try to start the 951 in such cold.

It's been 'cold' here too, meaning it occasionally dips into the high 30's (F) at night. My knee makes driving the 944 tough right now, but the 992TTS loves (!) the cold dry air. This weather is like nature's Nitrous Oxide.

-30 C is ‘only’ -22 F….

Thom wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:19 am Wish I will experience such cold air one day. I love super cold weather when the air is dry.

Good luck and stay warm. I wouldn't even try to start the 951 in such cold.

I cold soaked a 951 at below 0 to make sure the standalone would start it. The tough part was that you only got 1 cold start every couple of hours. As soon as it fired up it wasn’t really a cold start the next time!

chris white wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:27 pm

Thom wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:19 am Wish I will experience such cold air one day. I love super cold weather when the air is dry.

Good luck and stay warm. I wouldn't even try to start the 951 in such cold.

I cold soaked a 951 at below 0 to make sure the standalone would start it. The tough part was that you only got 1 cold start every couple of hours. As soon as it fired up it wasn’t really a cold start the next time!

When I was in High School (back during the Millard Fillmore administration), we used to fill the big round air filter assemblies with ice and were convinced it was worth 50 horsepower. Surprised we didn't hydro-lock the engine in hindsight.

My first car in high school was a Volvo 940 Turbo wagon, and I lived in the Houston area for a few years. Even my 16-year-old self could notice the difference in engine output right before a thunderstorm hit. Turbocharged engines like cool, dense air!

chris white wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:27 pmI cold soaked a 951 at below 0 to make sure the standalone would start it. The tough part was that you only got 1 cold start every couple of hours. As soon as it fired up it wasn’t really a cold start the next time!

Yes... in my limited experience cold starts take the longest time to tune correctly on a new engine.