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Old 02-15-2012, 06:36 PM   #16 (permalink)
Ryland
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Originally Posted by jrscteg View Post
I was thinking for initial start up, until the car reached normal operating temp. Have it on a switch and use it the first 5 to 10 min of my commute. A tube off of the exhaust manifold isn't going to produce heat that fast.
Really? because my first two cars had exhaust heat for preheating the air and it was warming up the intake air in less then a minute of the engine running, the exhaust is the first thing to get hot, even the Honda N600 that we have uses the exhaust for cabin heat and you get heat by the time you get out of the drive way!
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