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Heat for Heat Exchangerless Cars? |
Chuck |
Sep 18 2007, 07:22 PM
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What it eventually will look like . . . . Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 29-March 07 From: Maple Grove, MN Member No.: 7,632 Region Association: Northstar Region |
I'm curious if anyone here has ever put some sort of electric heater into their 914. 914-6 heat exchangers, or equivalent, are $1500+. A header can be had for $400 and increases performance. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I can live without heat per se, but I will really need a defog option in my car for rainy days. Anyone rigged something up? Care to share?
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Rand |
Sep 19 2007, 03:11 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Forget electric. One that would actually work takes more power than you can supply in a car.
They make little units you can throw on your dash that almost work for a defroster (like this one) but they will make your stock wiring dangerously hot in 15 minutes and don't do much. Making real heat from car electricity is out of the question. The gas heaters work (Eberspacher, Webasto, etc). If they are installed and maintained properly, they are safe and reliable. There are several threads around here about them, so a search will turn up the info. If you want a ridiculously simple solution for occasional heat, look into a Coleman golf cart heater. Drop it in a cupholder, or make a simple dash mount that lets you rotate it to aim at you or the windshield. (I know, not an elegant solution. But I am going to headers, rarely need heat, and like to keep my 914 as simple and light as possible, so it works for me.) (IMG:http://www.coleman.com/coleman/images/products/5036-850_200.jpg) |
racunniff |
Sep 19 2007, 10:10 PM
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volt914 Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Fort Collins, CO Member No.: 6,705 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Forget electric. One that would actually work takes more power than you can supply in a car. I'm putting an electric heater in mine: http://www.canev.com/KitsComp/Components/Heater.html But I have 1200 pounds of batteries to draw from (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) http://volt914.blogspot.com/2007/07/144v-p...s-charging.html |
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