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Old 12-17-2018, 10:05 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DeliveryGuy89 View Post
I'm not the most technically minded, so could you break that down into a simple yes or no? I work 10 hours a day, and at least 6-7 hours of that is on the road - if I just set it for days where it was gonna be below freezing, for half an hour, would this be feasible?
A half hour in a semi heated garage will help warm it up some.

Edit: I should probably mention that it is in a semi-heated garage, so it's not like I'll be doing it at -30, more like 35-40.
You can try it. I wouldn't expect it to work really well or the battery to last very long unless it was put on a charger over night and fully charged every day it's used.
If it's in a heated garage why not use grid power for the block heater?
A 600 watt block heater is going to use about 5 cents worth of power every hour it's on.

It really sounds like you need a warm air intake.
You likely never heard of it before because it's strictly a fuel economy thing.
No self respecting ricers would ever do such a thing because it might cost them 2hp at wide open throttle.
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