panichat
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 07:40 PM |
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Heaters
It is sooooooo coooooold at the moment.
I want to fit a heater to my open, windscreenless locost to pump out hot air round my toes. I am a miserable git and only want to spend a tiny amount
of money and also have concerns about the size of a heating unit (it needs to sit in the engine bay or up under the scuttle.
I considered a round smiths heater from an Austin A35 or early landrover. Can anyone suggest any easy, cheap, small alternatives?
Cheers
Dave
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jacko
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 08:16 PM |
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Classic mini heater ? but mind the hot water on your feet if a pipe bursts
Ask HiCost on here 
Jacko
[Edited on 16/1/12 by jacko]
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907
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 08:25 PM |
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In small aeroplanes they use heat from the exhaust.
 
cockpit heater
Cheers,
Paul G
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jacko
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 08:32 PM |
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Am i right in thinking VW beetles use exhaust heat for there heaters ?
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designer
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 08:45 PM |
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Yep, exhaust heat for VW's.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 08:49 PM |
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Pc radiator and one of them 12v cheapo ebay electric superchargers
And make one of these.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqF,!lsE2FV86FLwBNup9Pw7BQ~~_12.JPG
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whitestu
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 09:07 PM |
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quote:
Am i right in thinking VW beetles use exhaust heat for there heaters ?
My old Citroen GSA had the same thing - a pipe off the exhaust header and an in line fan. It was very effective.
Stu
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 09:37 PM |
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Simple hole or vent either through the lower steel bulkead, or higher up through the bulkhead and down under the dash or from the transmission tunnel.
Theres loads of hot air in the engine bay desperate to get out!
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panichat
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 10:32 PM |
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Thanks
Nice ideas -
I like the look of the exhaust heated system - my parents had a beetle which had the heating on permanently in the passenger side footwell - hot
enough to take the skin off your ankles! I'll get fabricating.
Dave
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chrisbeale
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 10:37 PM |
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Perhaps taking a different slant on this
http://www.gerbings.co.uk/gerbings_heated_socks.html
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907
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| posted on 17/1/12 at 07:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
In small aeroplanes they use heat from the exhaust.
cockpit heater
Cheers,
Paul G
A concentric one is a little more efficient.
 
exhaust heat take off
This one is the hot air intake for the carb, (another on the other side of the engine)
but the principle is the same. Used to warm engine for take off.
 
Warm air for take off
Cheers,
Paul G
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 17/1/12 at 08:43 AM |
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Thats a brilliant idea - why don't all cars do this? You would have hot air in seconds rather than wait for the whole block to heat up!
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blue2cv
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| posted on 17/1/12 at 09:48 AM |
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Standard practice in aircooled cars, get yourself a 2cv lol
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swanny
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| posted on 17/1/12 at 10:55 AM |
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im with the idea of a closeable hole in the bulkhead. lots of hot air there, coming through at speed and a sinple hole, that you could regulate the
flow through would be easy to do in about half an hour.
paul
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steve m
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| posted on 17/1/12 at 11:08 AM |
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The "hole in the tunnel" is flawed slightley, unless you fit a sliding louvre door, as in the summer, i do not want all that heat in the
cockpit!!
Also, what about a fire, that would also enter while driving ?
As for Hicosts accident, that was a hot water in the cockpit, and very very nearly cost him his life
Steve
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 17/1/12 at 11:24 AM |
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We've got a section high up on the bulkhead cut out that we've put a fine mesh over and our under dash is carpet type material.. Under
normal driving conditions you get a warm breeze through that in fine weather you don't really notice which obviousley increases if the radiator
fan comes on. But on Colder evenings etc it seems to make a present difference and helps keep the chill off, all dead simple and very minimum cost.
Tis lovely with he Duratec but you did sometimes get a cloud of oil smoke coming through the dash when the old pinto was breathing heavy tho lol
Point taken about the risk of fire, but I'd rather take that chance than the boiling water and when the radiator fan does come on it quickly
shifts the heat and helps that out.
[Edited on 17/1/12 by MkIndy7]
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