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| Quilmes |
 Mar 17 2006, 02:08 PM
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I was thinking about building a 914 with a Subaru WRX Flat 4cyl, SVX 3.3 6cyl or Honda V-6 water cooled engines as discuss on this thread.
Question: What type of heater are you using to heat/warm the interior of the car on those cold days. Electric heater??? Could one hook up a heat sourse to use the A/C blower and suply hot air to it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) ??? Thanks (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Quilmes |
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| jsteele22 |
Mar 18 2006, 03:10 PM
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To me, it seems crazy to use electric power (which comes, very inefficiently, from the engine output via the alternator) and not use free heat from the coolant, which has to get dumped somewhere anyways. (OTOH, electric heaters warm up real fast....) Also, I'd like to hear from someone who has done this, but I imagine that the front-mounted radiator keeps the front trunk fairly warm, and the coolant circulating under the floor pan will provide some radiant heat from below, and as always, the engine bay right behind you is pretty well heated. And as 914fan mentioned, there isn't that much volume to heat anyways. So my guess is that a very small heater core would do the job nicely. One suggestion I've heard is to use a motorcycle radiator. Also, one little pointer I read on this board that probably bears repeating : don't run your (pressurized) coolant lines through the cabin ! If you've ever seen a radiator hose blow, you can imagine why... |
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Quilmes 914 heat solution for water engines Mar 17 2006, 02:08 PM
marks914 I use a corvette heater core and another cold air ... Mar 17 2006, 02:12 PM 914fan I do not have a water car, but I bet iff you remov... Mar 17 2006, 02:13 PM mongrel-gs I have a suby 2.5 and use a version of this heater... Mar 18 2006, 08:11 AM Dr Evil Evan, where do you get one of those? Mar 18 2006, 10:49 AM MattR I use one of these :
http://www.newport-news.org/... Mar 18 2006, 10:58 AM mrdezyne Jegs as a variety of universal heaters. I think t... Mar 18 2006, 11:17 AM mongrel-gs Jegs and Summit. The Mojave is ~160, the Summit is... Mar 18 2006, 01:16 PM turbo914v8 RH has a really good kit for adding heat to the v8... Mar 18 2006, 03:41 PM turbo914v8 What's up here http://www.914w... Mar 18 2006, 03:44 PM Andyrew here. Mar 18 2006, 05:18 PM Andyrew two Mar 18 2006, 05:19 PM Andyrew three Mar 18 2006, 05:19 PM Andyrew four Mar 18 2006, 05:19 PM Andyrew My solution will be simular. except it will pull f... Mar 18 2006, 05:22 PM turbo914v8 Thanks Mar 19 2006, 03:31 PM Quilmes Thank you all, there seems to be a lot of options,... Mar 19 2006, 09:00 PM Andyrew You can use your oil cooler as the heat generator ... Mar 20 2006, 03:17 AM
elocke Thanks for the info guys. I have been looking int... Mar 20 2006, 09:24 AM |
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