walk out into the garage, reach over, slip the Tremec into neutral, grab the rollbar, give a shove and roll it out onto the driveway, so the exhaust fumes don't asphyxiate my Trusty Weimerainer Abby, who sleeps by my SPF, guarding it.
put my cell phone on the tranny tunnel,
Then take the key out of my pocket, slip it into the ignitioin, then hop in, and take my time to put on all five points, which i always do, no matter what, then snug them down just right. Then get back out and turn on the battery switch i forgot to do, then hop back in and put the Simpson five point back on again.
Flick on the Accusump, and while it pressurizes the
oil system, put on my gloves and sunglasses, re-arrange my phone and reading glasses, then lift up the aircraft safety switch cover, and flip up the starter toggle, and if it does not fire immediatly (i have a CSI Platinum grade starter, so it cranks really really fast), tickle the Pro Holley HP, and it will catch, so then i ease into the throttle to bring the revs up to about 1500 rpm or so, and hold it there for about 30 seconds, which warms the intake enough that i can back a little and then swing around and head on down the driveway, with minimal clutch slip. Hit the button to bring down the garage door, and yell at Abby that she can come back from the woods now, where she runs in panic when i crank the Great Stroker, "i am leaving, watch the house, be back later"
I am watching my
oil pressure all the time, and when it stabilizes at a cold pressue, flick off the lighted Accusump switch i have mounted low on the dash, to maintain a reserve of
oil pressure for the next start-up.
I also watch my fuel pressure quickly come up and also stabilize at 7.4 psi on the Ex NASCAR VDO gage.
At the corner stop sign, it won't run well enough (because it has no choke) to let me gently motor away from the stop, so i rev it just a bit, and pop the clutch, and chirp the reaar 275's, and spin it to the left, and drove on out of our development.
This latter action is considered an act of war by the dog that lives in the house at the corner, who just goes nuts when i do this.
By the next stop light, in a few hundred yards, it has enough heat in the intake that i can pretty well drive it without any clutchslip, as it further warms up on the several miles of back road to the first stop light.
I never ever give it much throttle, and i keep the rpm under about 2000 until i have the engine warm, which doesn't take long.
Driving away in my car is like an aircraft check list. I like it, especially when i am parked in front of a crowd of people outside a trendy restaurant. I never hurry then, ever.
If my wife and i are leaving in two cars she has a three mile headstart on me before i am aggivating the dog at the corner stop sign.