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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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Cold Start Video Thread

Thoughts are to get some cold start vids all in one thread.
Lets use 20*F cold soaked as max ambient temp with no block heater.
So bring on the romps,misses,shakes and smoke guy's and gal's lets see what you got.
It was to warm for me to vid a cold start today.
Lets see how they compare.

Bill
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by MADVAN
Thoughts are to get some cold start vids all in one thread.
Lets use 20*F cold soaked as max ambient temp with no block heater.
So bring on the romps,misses,shakes and smoke guy's and gal's lets see what you got. It was to warm for me to vid a cold start today.
Lets see how they compare.

Bill
I don't have a digital video cam , so I can't play .. I did a 20 degree ,(garage ) cold start fri am. 20 sec GPs , just a little smoke ..
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 08:44 AM
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mwahhahahaha! I can't wait to get mine! I started her the other morning with no plugin, and she cranked about 2 turns and fired with very very little smoke. It did start like crap, but 8 new GP's, and she starts great!
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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Betting the cold starts will be all over the map on how they
start,smoke ect.
Maybe this will end up into a cold start competition.

Same here Rick. My cam will not do vids. So iam on a loan a cam.

Bill
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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Bill, how long would you like the cold soak?? mine hardly ever soaks more than about 12 hours, but i can suffer a little in the morning when i leave for work and not plug it in for this. haha. should be in the teens tomorrow i think.. i will check. mine starts pretty smooth cold, but smokes like a crazy mother probably due to stage 1 tuning(stock nozzles) when these injectors are 80% nozzles. anyways, let us know how long you want them to soak. i will show how bad mine is.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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Bill, how long would you like the cold soak?? mine hardly ever soaks more than about 12 hours, but i can suffer a little in the morning when i leave for work and not plug it in for this. haha. should be in the teens tomorrow i think.. i will check. mine starts pretty smooth cold, but smokes like a crazy mother probably due to stage 1 tuning(stock nozzles) when these injectors are 80% nozzles. anyways, let us know how long you want them to soak. i will show how bad mine is.
I could only guess. The longer the better. The longer the soak time, the more true the cold start vid would be. I would go for it if texas is getting below 20*F. Today was only 22*f here in ny so i blew it off.

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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 11:16 AM
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Overnight should be plenty for a cold soak. They will easly hold heat for 8 hours, but depends on the ambient temp where your at. here in michigan we get single digits over night.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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id take the cake on the cold start competition...lol
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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YouTube - 1997 Powerstroke Cold Start

Truck was cold soaked for a day or two. I can't remember now.

If you guys want an updated one with all the new mods I got let me know... This week doesn't look too cold, but we'll see what the next one brings.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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Man, mine sounds nothing like that at startup.

I liked the crank sound. mine just cranks ilke a ****!

Whats the lights under the tach? I dont have any that light up there.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 11:58 AM
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Man, mine sounds nothing like that at startup.

I liked the crank sound. mine just cranks ilke a ****!

Whats the lights under the tach? I dont have any that light up there.
Batt... Park brake... ABS
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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Yea. i just get a parking brake light. Wierd.

Maybe i get battery while cranking. But then, i got 2 new napa golds.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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i even get the batt light and i have optimas that crank the truck plenty fast... mine turns on the ABS, brake, batt., and blinks the check engine light
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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I'll have to video in the morning. Its 34 right now...Should be in the teens over night...It has sat since saturday.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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YouTube - psd cold start

This is mine from the other thread.
it was under 20 all night, and had not been driven for over 12 hours.
 
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