If it's under 30 degrees and I start my car up and drive right away, there is hardly any power and it just keeps cutting out (not off, but a complete loss of power) for about a 1-2 minutes after I start it until the engine gets warmer. Is this bad for the engine, should I let it warm up?

 

Let it idle at LEAST till the needle starts to move.

 

stay off boost when the car is not warmed up, please god.

 

Try sleeping for eight hours and then getting up and immediately runnnig around the block. Its not gonna happen. Not the same as running a cold car but a similar concept. I let my car warm for at least 3 mins after a long slumber in the summer time. Why would anyone in there right mind do what you descibed above???

 

very very bad... well maybe not very, but its bad. u have to remember that cold oil is very tar like instead of how it comes out of a bottle. in the long term u are going to do some serious damage. always always let ur car warm up, the loss of power is ur turbo struggling, lol. i normally let my car warm up till the needle is above the c, short of running low on gas i have always done that and never noticed any power loss... except when i am running low on gas and absolutly have to leave asap. even then i only use 1 and 2nd and go as slow as possible till it does warm up.... just dont do it anymore, lol

 

on any car, not just the evo, that is bad..

 

Must do's with hi performance. synthetic oil. warm ups. cool downs (with turbos).

 

bAHAHAahahahaha

 

I don't even start driving it till the needle has at least started to move. I don't take it over 3000rpms till the temp. gauge is in it's normal postion. I don't start driving agressivelly till my tranny oil is warmed up, which takes longer, basiclly by the time I get out my 'hood.

My tranny oil is not stock and I live @ 2400 ft above sea level, gets bout 30-35 degress @ night, but my car is in my garage (dont know temp in garage).

 

wow. i even warm up my car, and my car is a 1.8 liter n/a i4 i take it 3k rpm out of 8k until the needle is where it's supposed to be.

 

I have an oil temp guage, and I wait until it reads 60 degress celsius before I give it any boost. Usually takes about five minutes.