I have my own ritual I'll describe below, but I was wondering how many of you Corvette owners have your own ways of giving your Corvette a little TLC. I realize today's Corvettes need to be thoroughly warmed up before going WOT and so before I pull out of my garage, I make sure she's fully warmed up so I can get on that gas pedal as soon as I hit the street. She's a screamer and does not like to wait until several miles down the road to let loose.

Before I get in, I walk around back and unplug in my Corvette Battery-Tender in the rear outlet and close down the hatch. I then walk to the front, close the hood and place my forced air kerosene heater (pictured below) in front of the car blowing at maximum high fan-speed/high heat setting towards the inlet openings and the front of the car.** The heated air blows around the engine and also down under the chassis exiting from the rear of the car and out from the garage. I then go in the house and grab my morning coffee. About 15 to 20 minutes later I go back out and walk around behind the car. By this time the air I feel exiting from behind the car is now hot, no longer the cold rush of air I felt earlier when I first started. I figure this performs a couple of important things.

First it warms up the engine by blowing heat through the radiator, sure the fan and water pump aren't operating, but the gradually warmer fluid in the radiator sets off a natural circulation of the fluid adding some heat to the block & heads. Second by blowing hot air around the engine, I warm up all that cold air which was freezing those plastic engine and trim pieces that live under your Corvette's hood.

I believe that over time, this process along with wiping the hoses and plastic fitting with protectants will greatly add to the longevity of the engine and hoses and the under-hood youthful look will be retained much longer.

So who else has the **** tendencies........lol



** "Your Results May Vary. Past Results Do Not Guarantee Future Success." Use At Your Own Risk."

If my engine pieces are freezing the car doesn't leave the garage.

Is it April 1st because this has to be a joke.

Goes well with the other post on cool down ritual! Nice job!!

Had to know this was coming.

I’m still wondering if the other thread was real or a troll. I hope it’s the latter or the dude has serious mental issues.

Well played. Do you use the other guy’s cool down protocol?