heating with headers? Options

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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
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[ottox914]

chappy- thanks for the info- I found the same unit at the same site, along with a much smaller dash mounted, cig. plug in unit for about 10 bucks. I think I'll order both, and mount the bigger one under the dash in the middle, to blow out into the cabin, and keep the little one handy should I need some on the wshield. I found a box in the garage just a little bigger than the unit, test fit it under the dash, and it is almost out of line of site mounted there. My ashtray is now oil temp/pressure VDO's, so your multi use mount is out. I may have to find a spot for a VDO amp gauge just to satisfy myself on those long trips to MN for the early spring/late fall auto cross events.

Check out our auto x club web site, and come to an event! I'd be cool to see more '14's there. The site is: www.mnautox.com. You'll see me as 914dave around there.

thanks again- david