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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Easy, spend lots of money.
More on the rest of the car than the engine it's self. You will need a 6 speed to get good fuel economy and get up and go performance.
Add an oil to coolant heat exchanger to get the oil up to temperature.
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My Trans Am is already a 6-speed. I could not possibly imagine trying to drive this car with an automatic in the heart of blizzard conditions, you would spin out into a guard rail/cement block or act as a crooked thrown bowling ball headed for "pins" in the opposing lane of traffic. Not good!
The only issue with an oil-to-coolant heat exchanger is that in below freezing weather the engine oil will likely warm up faster than the coolant, which takes a good amount time to get up to temperature while letting the car idle for 15 minutes.
