Originally Posted by pawoSD

My SD has a fairly hard time starting if the temps are 15 or less, above that it only takes maybe 4-5 coughing cranks and it gets going, below that it can take about 15-20 seconds of cranking but it always gets going eventually(even when it was -7 out last winter, but it took 3 tries of that, and I allllmost drained the battery too far). I have no block heater, my dad's 83 has one, but we haven't used it yet, because it always seems to start fine without it, thing is, my engine runs smoother than his (his nails, probably injector related, he's running Delo injector cleaner and says it has made a slight difference already) I think his starter is in better shape than mine, it practically rocks the car when he starts it, it sounds REAL powerful. Mine always does the job but sounds....not as strong. I guess we'll see....if I have real probs when it gets colder out I'll look into a heater. Are those "prostart" heaters any good? I don't think I'd want to mess with the freeze plug on mine, as its never been removed....but a heater of some sort to ease starting would be good, maybe I'll just put my shoplight under it on a timer when its real cold, a few hours of that shining on it in the morning would probably make quite a difference wouldn't it? Also thats the least expensive idea, 300watt halogens last 1500hours and are $4 for two I'm in college, cheaper is allllways better.