Idle Down & quad Headlights

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

"L. Scott Oliver" <SOLIVER@gcwf.com> asks:

> 1)  Should I idle the engine for a number of minutes upon
> arriving?  How many minutes? Or is the after-run system
> adequate to cool it off?

Yes.  I suggest a minimum two minutes with engine running at idle.  
Four would be better, but you DO have the after-run protection, and 
you have to go to work some time.  But you really should idle it for 
some time before shutting it off.
 
> 2)  Is there any way to limit the engine's ability to produce boost
> by controlling the wastegate (e.g., telling the computer it's
> overheated and it should dial back boost)?  Would a "valet/warm
> up/cool down" sort of switch be desirable?

Not necessary to muck about with, given enough idle-down time.

Dave Head <dhead@sundial.sundial.net> said:

> At 12:41 PM 10/2/96, you wrote:
> >
> >>Does anyone out there with the dual-lamp-per-side headlight setup
> >>on a mid-80's 5000 have comments on the lighting?
> >
> >Yes, it was horrible, same as the trapezoidal DOT H9004 units, that followed.
> >
> 
> Now - you take that light setup, walk down to Pep Boys and pick up 4 Hella
> NON sealed beam rectangular headlamps (39.00 ea) and proceed to to melt the
> eyeball outa anyone you want - H3/H4s in 'em - take yer choice of watts...

DAVE!  You reminded me!  I had a SUPER quad setup on my 1977 chevy 
Monza Spyder - it had the sealed-beam GE halogen lights for low beam, 
and the non-sealed-beam Hella lights for high beam.  It was 
AWESOME!!!  And the price was very reasonable.  GO FOR IT!!!!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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