Preheating schemes?

Michael Horowitz wrote:
: 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

This doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. A car's exhaust
has a tremendous amount of water in it, and not very much heat idling on a
cold day. You'll put lots of condensation on whatever you're trying to
preheat.

If you can deal with long-term (a couple of hours), try to put an
electric heater on it. If you want quicker (20 minutes or less), get a
kerosene-fired flame-thrower and duct that up.

These recommendations are worth exactly what you paid for them..


-Cory

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wrote:



This doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. A car's exhaust
has a tremendous amount of water in it, and not very much heat idling on a
cold day. You'll put lots of condensation on whatever you're trying to
preheat.

-Cory


Cory - thanks for pointing that out; - Mike