Warm Air Intake - Intercooler as an intake heater
Forum member live4redline made an interesting point that only now sank in:
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live4redline
For a more permanent fixture you could always use a water to air "intercooler" with the water routed from the throttle body and back as its one of your better sources of early heat.
Why not? What could possibly go wrong?
Tim & Darin (well, anyone really :)) do you know if anyone tried using the engine coolant circuit (specifically the heater circuit) for an air intake heater on any other vehicle?
http://mirageforum.com/forum/attachm...4&d=1508771407
http://mirageforum.com/forum/attachm...5&d=1508771497
http://mirageforum.com/forum/attachm...6&d=1508771676
http://mirageforum.com/forum/attachm...7&d=1508771839
Click on the photos to see their respective product pages for further details. These seem to be around $100. It would be interesting to find the smallest one and experiment.
:)