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I need to heat the cabin of my air cooled 911 which i use for historic rallying. Due to it being a competition car, the heat exchangers and a lot of the ascociated heater gubbins has been ditched to save weight. This hasn't proved a problem in the past as most of the events i enter are in the Summer months, which are generally scorching in this part of the world. However, i will be doing some winter events this year and it gets pretty Baltic inside, especially over a period of time.I have been looking at some of the electric heaters on the market and wondered if anyone had any recommendations? It doesn't have make the car a sauna, just take the edge off and make it a bit more comfortable.
I need to heat the cabin of my air cooled 911 which i use for historic rallying. Due to it being a competition car, the heat exchangers and a lot of the ascociated heater gubbins has been ditched to save weight. This hasn't proved a problem in the past as most of the events i enter are in the Summer months, which are generally scorching in this part of the world. However, i will be doing some winter events this year and it gets pretty Baltic inside, especially over a period of time.I have been looking at some of the electric heaters on the market and wondered if anyone had any recommendations? It doesn't have make the car a sauna, just take the edge off and make it a bit more comfortable.
Russwhitehouse said:
Hmmmmmmm. Not sure a bottle of gas or a container of diesel is the best way forward when driving at speed!
Diesel is safer than petrol and I reckon One Eyed Mick thoughts are the best way of doing the job, you can even set the fuel heater up so that it kicks in on a timerThe other way is to get hold of a heater element that some manufacturers are fitting inside the heater units of their vehicles. You could fit the heater element inside a small fireproof box and incorporate a blower motor / fan to circulate the heat
http://www.eberspacher.com/products.html
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Edited by paintman on Saturday 30th January 18:53
finishing touch said:
Take a leaf out of the light aircraft book.
Just a wrap around the exhaust pipe with an air scoop facing forwards, and the air exit has a flexible tube on it
that feeds into the cabin. No need for fancy fans, and its ultra light weight.
Paul G
The problem is that the car would fill with water everytime it was driven through a deep puddleJust a wrap around the exhaust pipe with an air scoop facing forwards, and the air exit has a flexible tube on it
that feeds into the cabin. No need for fancy fans, and its ultra light weight.
Paul G
finishing touch said:
Take a leaf out of the light aircraft book.
Just a wrap around the exhaust pipe with an air scoop facing forwards, and the air exit has a flexible tube on it
that feeds into the cabin. No need for fancy fans, and its ultra light weight.
Paul G
That's virtually the design of the factory heater system he's removed.Just a wrap around the exhaust pipe with an air scoop facing forwards, and the air exit has a flexible tube on it
that feeds into the cabin. No need for fancy fans, and its ultra light weight.
Paul G
I'd replace the heat exhangers if it were me, the weight difference is not enough to compromise losing the ability to have heat. By all means lose all the piping motors and just have a short pipe in to the cabin with a fan and basic switch.
Penelope Stopit said:
finishing touch said:
Take a leaf out of the light aircraft book.
Just a wrap around the exhaust pipe with an air scoop facing forwards, and the air exit has a flexible tube on it
that feeds into the cabin. No need for fancy fans, and its ultra light weight.
Paul G
The problem is that the car would fill with water everytime it was driven through a deep puddleJust a wrap around the exhaust pipe with an air scoop facing forwards, and the air exit has a flexible tube on it
that feeds into the cabin. No need for fancy fans, and its ultra light weight.
Paul G
Obviously they drown due to water coming in through the heater.
Paul G
Rreinstating the heat exchangers is not really an option as it would open up a can of worms with sump guard clearance not to mention cost of buying them as the old ones were rusty so were not kept.In principle the idea of a simple duct forward into the cabin taken off the exchangers, plus a blower with a simple on off switch could work though.
Here you go I have solved your problem, well maybe
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/car-hair-dryer
You could use more than one of these and will achieve your goal
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/car-hair-dryer
You could use more than one of these and will achieve your goal
My apologies, below is the solution, I missed this one earlier
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-CAR-HEATER-2-IN-1-CO...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-CAR-HEATER-2-IN-1-CO...
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