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Old 12-11-2011, 10:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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AI DC Heat Strips

Found some in various sizes that can be installed inside the airbox to bring the AIT up faster.

I want to be able to bring my AIT up much faster than just ambient transfer from the engine. I only have a 5.5 mile trip to work and my car is much better when the AIT is 100F+, but unless I modify the set up drastically, I won't be able to get lots of heat quickly.

It would seem these 'flexible strip heaters' would be perfect, instead of trying to come up with a 'hot wire' grid inside the airbox.

The way my car is set up, the intake is on the front of the motor and the exhaust is on the back side. K&N makes a kit for it that actually puts the air intake just above the exhaust, but after initial warmup I was thinking the AIT might get TOO hot.

The flexible strips come in lots of size/watt ratings and should be easy to mount in the airbox.

What say ye?

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Old 12-11-2011, 02:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Little flexable strips wont put off much heat at all.

You want something like what I did for my car and truck:
The fast coolant warm up mod,
2400 Watt block heater. - Diesel Place : Chevrolet and GMC Diesel Truck Forums
Hatz intake heater coils for my truck,
Glow coils - Diesel Place : Chevrolet and GMC Diesel Truck Forums

Note the date on the post, I have been doing this kind of stuff for a while.
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Looks interesting. I am wanting something I can turn off and on at will that is preferably electrically powered, just don't where to put it yet.

Gonna take a heat gun to several places on the intake to find out where the UG is reading the AIT.

Might need some other details.
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I'd say you'll definitely see an efficiency drop by using an electric heater to heat up the air just to improve the efficiency of your engine. The energy expendature will be more than the efficiency gain for sure.

A full but removable grill block would be the way to go and/or a block heater.
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Old 12-12-2011, 03:11 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I have a full (upper) grill block and am going to block the lower as well. Plans are to make a ducted vent the is adjustable for the lower grill opening, but the size it going to be much smaller than current for the winter.
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If you could get the oil warmed up quickly it would save you a lot of wear on start up , , maybe a dipstick oil heater on a timer , so you dont waste a ton of energy heating the whol e block all night , thick oil costs a lot of MPG
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if you could figure out a way to heat the fuel safely , that might be a answer also .

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