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Old 08-26-2008, 11:16 AM   #9 (permalink)
bennelson
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Electric Cycle - '81 KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

Sunfire - '00 Sunfire
90 day: 24.86 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 S10
90 day: 26.95 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 131.39 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
Would this be a good conversion for using an engine block heater + Kill-A-Watt to pre-heat the engine block?

CarloSW2
Good question. I don't think we have really had much of a conversation here in figuring out total energy use of gas AND electric when using an engine block heater to improve fuel economy.

I am guessing that you still come out WAY ahead in total energy use with the block heater.

Maybe we should start a new thread and figure out how much energy in total is used for block heater starts!?!?
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