Warm Air Intake System -- Heater coil or core?
I'm tweaking the temperature of the air coming into the vehicle's intake and I can't decide what to do as winter is approaching.
We know air is a poor conductor of heat, so what to do?
*Draw air from the catalytic converter, but it's a ways away from the destination, so temps (especially on cold days) would possibly be robbed.
*Get a heater core and fabricate a box close to the intake. (I don't want a junk one because who knows what crud is in there, so a buy a small, new one)?
*Would a small intercooler (like on the top of Subaru's turbo engines under the hood scoop) work? I'm afraid that the coolant would be to caustic for a device designed for air only.
*Somehow electrically generate the heat. A cigarette lighter makes a bunch of heat -- maybe on that prinicple. like wrap a wire around a metal pipe and use the car's electrical current to somehow draw heat that way?
Any ideas would be appreciated...thanks...
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