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Old 03-31-2013, 08:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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That Takeda box is a nice looking item. I can understand the temptation. Your best warm air, though, will come from over your exhaust manifold. So much air swirls around in the engine bay that you really want it close to the heat source. Also, without blocking at least some of the grill or making an effective "oven" box at a heat source, I think the intake air temps might not rise much.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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