View Single Post
Old 12-15-2008, 07:27 PM   #11 (permalink)
Big Dave
Master EcoModder
 
Big Dave's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Steppes of Central Indiana
Posts: 1,319

The Red Baron - '00 Ford F-350 XLT
90 day: 27.99 mpg (US)

Impala Phase Zero - '96 Chevrolet Impala SS
90 day: 21.03 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 186 Times in 127 Posts
Only time I ever heard of using oil to heat the car was a mining equipment guy in Grand Junction CO, who drove an old VW Thing. Great snow car, but a lousy heater. He rigged up an oil cooler and a fan in a sheet metal box and controlled it with a switch and a manual valve. Worked like a champ.

Any oil-heated cars would be the work of determined DIY freaks.

__________________
2000 Ford F-350 SC 4x2 6 Speed Manual
4" Slam
3.08:1 gears and Gear Vendor Overdrive
Rubber Conveyor Belt Air Dam
  Reply With Quote