heating with headers? Options

[ottox914]

Planning to go with headers on the 914. I live up in northern WI, and the teener is an auto cross tool, not a daily driver, but for the long drives to the events, SOME heat is needed. Here are a couple ideas I had, anyone have other ideas or refinements?

1) use a sandwich plate oil cooler adapter to get oil flow from the engine, and run an oil line, ( ? what kind of hose or tube) up and back down each side in the rocker area, and use the existing air flow off the fan shroud to provide some flow into the car. With this method, nearly all of the factory system, less the heat exchagers, is intact and working as normal. If Porsche used a "trombone" system to cool the 911's, why can't it work to heat a 914?

2) run oil lines up the right side along the inside of the rocker panel, up under the dash, add a small radiator, wire in a fan on a switch, add a valve in the oil line to turn flow off in july when I don't need it, and have heat this way.

3) find electric blankets at garage sales, and spend 30 bucks for a cigarette lighter converter to 12v and wrap up for the drive over, be a little cool for the event, and wrap up for the drive home.

4) move to a warmer area.

thanks for any ideas or thoughts.

David Parsons
ottox914

[ottox914]

IAMCHAPPY, thanks for the link. I figured someone else had BTDT already. Looks like electric is the way to go for my needs. A couple ?'s about your set up. Where did you get the fan, how many amps does it draw, how much heat is it rated to put out, and is this enough or would you look for a bigger unit if doing it over? How about the wireing, did you run direct to the battery, what size wire did you use, and speaking of the battery, can the alternator keep up? It would suck to have a 2 hr drive to an auto cross, run the heater on the way there, and end up with a flat battery... Anything else about your install come to mind, let me know.

Did you spend some time growing up on the east side of St Paul, and is your first name Mark? I went to church with a guy whose knick name was chappy..

Thank you-

David Parsons