Ok...
Got my line heaters in and installed. I hooked them up directly to the battery just for testing to see how they function. They don't get hot all that quickly.. but they do heat up.
I'll wait until they are installed/wired properly to say if they are worth the trouble or not... highest temp I read at the injector was 145 after they had been on and the engine was running for ~8 minutes or so. Again, perhaps I had a crappy connection so I'll wait to see how they work once wired properly.
Then I decided to give the car the ol' Italian tune up... Approximately a 7 mile stretch flat out... Ran it out to the gov. in 3rd for a bit then hit 4th and held it pegged for 5+ miles... Definitely got things toasty... floor pans were getting hot from the exhaust temps... could smell the heat coming off the exhaust...
It certainly runs smoother now... but still has the haze. I went on and ordered new heat shields and plan to service the injectors next week.
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