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Old 10-19-2009, 10:20 PM   #8
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Makes complete sense. Not sure why anyone hasn't been doing something like this already. Everyone has known for years that a warm engine is more efficient and less damaging than a cold engine. Sure it's boring to look at but do you really pop the hood and admire your (modern) engine anyway? I mean, engines of today don't have the sex appeal of a late 60's V8. Exotic cars of course being exempt from this statement.
IMO the only thing sexy about a 60's V8 was if the air cleaner was chrome......Everything else was usually boring-looking unless you spent a lot of time & money prettying it up. The hoses and wires back then had no organization whatsoever (because the excess room under the hood made the manufacturers lazy), and the manifolds were blocky and not shaped as exotically as today's are.
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