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Humbug

posted on 29/2/08 at 05:54 PM Reply With Quote
Oil cooler as heater?

Could you use something like this as a cockpit radiator? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mocal-10-row-oil-cooler_W0QQitemZ110229151573QQihZ001QQcategoryZ100921QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


I was thinking: plumb in to the cooling system, have a sliding louvre vent from the bonnet area to the cockpit with this behind it.

PS I'm not actually planning to do it, just counting down to knocking-off time on a Friday!

[Edited on 29/2/08 by Humbug]

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SeaBass

posted on 29/2/08 at 05:59 PM Reply With Quote
Why not??






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gregs

posted on 29/2/08 at 06:01 PM Reply With Quote
no reason why not, but you'll get a heater matrix a lot cheaper....
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BenB

posted on 29/2/08 at 06:15 PM Reply With Quote
That's exactly what I'm doing. In my case I'm making a little GRP box to surround the oil cooler with a centrifugal blower (from a Porsche 911 no less) as the ooomph.... The oil cooler gets hot water from the coolant circuit (controlled by a heater tap). Jobs a good'un.
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blakep82

posted on 29/2/08 at 06:20 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gregs
no reason why not, but you'll get a heater matrix a lot cheaper....


then how about a heater matrix as an oil cooler? lol





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Canada EH!

posted on 29/2/08 at 06:23 PM Reply With Quote
oil cooler as heater

Many years ago a friend had a 2 stroke DKW, it was one of the warmest cars I ever rode in, the radiator was mounted in the firewall so all the engine heat could be directed into the interior.
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Confused but excited.

posted on 29/2/08 at 07:06 PM Reply With Quote
Including the flames?





Tell them about the bent treacle edges!

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trextr7monkey

posted on 29/2/08 at 10:25 PM Reply With Quote
Hard
(and presumably as fire proof)
as the Rocky Mountains those Canadian boys!





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C10CoryM

posted on 1/3/08 at 02:41 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
Hard
(and presumably as fire proof)
as the Rocky Mountains those Canadian boys!


It's our diet of donuts, beer and hockey





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RK

posted on 1/3/08 at 02:54 PM Reply With Quote
Does anyone feel like coming over and shovelling my driveway? In the 9 years I've been in this awful place (previously in a rainy place surrounded by water and mountains, off to the left of me), this is the worst year yet.
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