who has one of these installed? where did you get it?
since it has gotten below 2 degrees i have been having a hard time starting the daily driver. thinking about installing one of these. anyone with a recomendation for one let me know. not too thrilled about the magnetic ones however.

 

the coolant heater/circulation pumps are the way to go. if they didnt put so much salt on our roads here i would definatly hook up one of those to winter drive my 7
most parts suppliers will have them, and they are a typicaly a simple install, of cutting into one of the smaller cooling lines and and putting the pump in, and plug it in like a block heater, to have heat from your vents right away, our parts source stores have them in stock here in canada but they not be so readily available as you get further south

i have not actually installed one of these but it would be like wraping your engine in a heated blanket

 

Your coolant isn't the issue. Its the oil that needs to be heated so the car will turn over. At 2 degrees the oil is like syrup. You need a block heater that you can plug in when you park at night. A cheap way is to take a trouble light on an extension cord and just turn it on and hang it down next to the oil pan. You'd be amazed how well that works and its cheap, almost free if you have a light already. I used this all the time up in Pittsburgh for my SUV and it worked great.

 

I have a coolent heater in my rx-7 and it keeps the whole engine warm from top to bottom it isnt a circulating one it is just an element that goes in the lower rad hose I bought from Canadian Tire, you put it in the hose where it goes up towards the engine and the water heats up until the thermostat opens then the water cools in the radiator and cycles back down to the lower rad hose where it is warmed up again and introduced into the engine.
This gets my car started even in -40C and it was only $30 bucks

 

the factory block heater threads into a coolant passage, only heating one small section of coolant, and it works well, got me started at -40c many times, The big difference is that the coolant heater can also circulates the coolant in the engine, keeping every thing warm,even the inside heater core is warmed so your windows should be easier to defrost and scrape(if you get lots of snow)and your cab will warm up much faster, as for the oil its like when you put a cold beer on a wood stove in the garage it gets hot. if you did only want to warm the oil then there are also heater magnets that you can stick onto you oil pan for heat right into your oil. the ligth does work too a point and is the cheapest alternative.

 

cool beans guys i think i can confidently go get one now, im getting one of those in line heaters.