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Old Fri, December 12th, 2008, 05:19 PM
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We don't worry much about cold weather in Tucson - forecast to reach 73 degrees today. :Yawn:

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Going down to -20C or -4F for you USA folks tonight. I wish it was 73F here.
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Old Fri, December 12th, 2008, 07:12 PM
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-20º C? :omg: That's just crazy! I'll even take my miserable 5º C (42º F) as opposed to that.

I bet it makes keeping warm a whole lot more fun, though!


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Old Fri, December 12th, 2008, 07:27 PM
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-20º C? :omg: That's just crazy! I'll even take my miserable 5º C (42º F) as opposed to that.

I bet it makes keeping warm a whole lot more fun, though!


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Dressed like you (in a loincloth) :covereyes: 5º C (42º F) has to have a pretty severe "chill factor"! :cold: Glad us old farts have warmer climes to escape to.

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we are at -18c here today but more like -30c with wind chill. Severe snow strom as well......my Gryphon has been working fine though in the cold weather so far this winter!
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Well Corey, it's pretty normal to get that cold here in December through February. It's the windchill though that will really bite yah!
We get extreme high's and lows in both winter and summer.......so we just get used to it.
We do take a trip down south somewhere to get a break from winter when we need it though!
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Dressed like you (in a loincloth) :covereyes: 5º C (42º F) has to have a pretty severe "chill factor"!
I don't have any choice. That's how Corey dresses me. Notice that my toes are in danger of frostbite, too! I guess when you're a big, tough dude you just have to grin and bear it.
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we were down to as low as -36 deg c this week, mind you last year we had times of colder then -40 c.

One question though, is it ok to run a performance tune on a diesel at those temps?
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we were down to as low as -36 deg c this week, mind you last year we had times of colder then -40 c.

One question though, is it ok to run a performance tune on a diesel at those temps?
As far as I know, sonic, once the tune is programmed in, you're good to go! I've never read anything pro or con about using an already loaded custom tune in extreme cold.

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problem is 6.0l's are a lot louder in cold ambient temps (-20), vs warmer temps even when stock.

Now a tuned 6.0l is noticeably louder then a stock tuned 6.0l in the first place, thus my concern.

I also wonder why the tune has to be louder at idle in the first place, i suppose it could be to lessen fuel usage by advancing timing, etc when idling, but does it have to be that way?

My concern is not really the diesel " noise ", its hard to explain, but if one has ever heard a cold and i mean -30 c cold 6.0l, run then they would know why i might be concerned about tuning on a 6.0l at -30c.

Of course common sense applies to allowing any engine to warm up before driving but my concern is the initial start up.

I guess what im wondering is that on a stock tune vs custom tune is extreme ambient temps taken into consideration?
 

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