2 birds with one stone??, heat and oil line routing in one....hmmm Options

[East coaster]

I'm still plotting a heat scheme. I really want to have heat/defrosters in my 3.6 conversion. I've entertained the idea of a gas heater, which would probably work fine. I've also considered trying to get something to work off of the oil cooler. Now, I was just looking at the Elephant racing finned oil lines and thought hey, maybe I could route finned oil lines through the old heater passages (solves oil line routing to front cooler) and still fan force air through the passages and derive heat from the finned lines. I would have to come up with a way to port the lines into the ducts and out while still keeping the ducts semi-sealed. This doesn't seem insurmountable.

For all you thermodynamists out there, would this work for heat??

[iamchappy]

I wouldnt think they would give off enough heat to make it worthwhile. I have been using an electric heater for my car as a temporary solution. I think some sort of collector around the header is still the way to go. I dont drive my car during the winter here in Minnesota but the electric one worked fine at temps below freezing. It throws enough heat to keep the cabin warm and kept the windshield clear. I Still think header or engine heat is the way to go, I did considered my front mounted oil cooler as a source but it takes way to long to get warm running through the thermostat. Im sure you would get some warm air out of the install but I doubt hot air.