Morgans wrote:
"Michael Horowitz" wrote in message
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I'd be interested in any schemes you may have developed for
pre-heating your engine.

One idea I heard was to use flex ducting to direct car exhaust into
the cowling; that does present CO concerns, but on could leave the a/c
doors open. - Mike


Try starting your car, and feeling the temp at the end of the exhaust pipe.
Not too warm. Add to that, the volume is very low, compared to commercial
rapid pre-heaters.

Good attempt, but try again, IMHO.

I would say this is one area where water cooled engines have an
advantage. When I drove a truck, we would have a heater that stuck into
the radiator. Plug that sucker in and the big diesel would kick right
over in the morning. Forget to plug it in, and you could spend a good
45min heating the oil pan and head with a propane torch and then
shooting ether in the intake.

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