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Old 06-22-2009, 12:23 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I screwed up, by a factor of 2. A 2 litre engine at 2000 rpm will try and move 2000 literes per minute, not 1000 litres. So you are looking at 4 crank hp for a heater to affect that airflow by 50C degrees.

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