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Old 07-17-2017, 09:06 PM   #52 (permalink)
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I didn't realize until recently that my 2000 Honda Odyssey actually has a tiny radiator in the air filter box that only gets coolant flow in very cold conditions.
I also did not know about this feature, and would also like very much to know if any other models had this feature installed from the factory.

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I'd rather not just "go hotter 'till she pings".
I don't worry so much about that. Even if the intake air is heated to near the boiling point of water, the fuel spray from the injectors should cool the air to a few degrees above ambient. This happens because the fuel cools off the intake air as it vaporizes and sucks in latent heat of vaporization from the heated air. I already heat the air in my Magnum to about 40 or 50 F above ambient with a old Ford Probe heater core.

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