Mini heaters

[kleaky88]

Obviously we all know that the fans in mini's generate about as much air as a 1 year old blowing out a candle on a birthday cake. So whats the alternative? Short of rigging up a microlight fan to it, is there any way I can 'Supe up' the fan. Without adding a second battery preferably

[eccles]

i used to have an old leaky kitcar (mini jem) based on the mini, and one of the best improvements i ever did to it was to fit a late (post'97) mini heater to it.
these later ones are 2 speed, and seem to move a lot more air than the earlier ones, to such an extent that it actually kept the screen acceptably clear driving around town on a rainy day!

i seem to remember seeing them for sale at autojumbles, and from specialist mini breakers.

[fwdracer]

I put a two speed fan in my K-93 car (after the originals heater core leaked). Noticeable difference in performance, and the later 97 cars had larger outlet tubing and fishtail ducts to the windcreen as a result. Get the whole package of bits and you'll greatly improve your demist performance.

[kleaky88]

fwdracer said:

I put a two speed fan in my K-93 car (after the originals heater core leaked). Noticeable difference in performance, and the later 97 cars had larger outlet tubing and fishtail ducts to the windcreen as a result. Get the whole package of bits and you'll greatly improve your demist performance.

Does that mean buying a later topdash rail aswell?

[Plotloss]

Longshot but the Minis built for Canadian export had a different, higher output heater.

They come up occasionally but like most Mini rarities its a case of hoping and waiting...

[fwdracer]

kleaky88 said:

fwdracer said:

I put a two speed fan in my K-93 car (after the originals heater core leaked). Noticeable difference in performance, and the later 97 cars had larger outlet tubing and fishtail ducts to the windcreen as a result. Get the whole package of bits and you'll greatly improve your demist performance.

Does that mean buying a later topdash rail aswell?

Nope...