Thinking about it
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 10:08 AM |
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Is it worth fitting a heater?
What are your views out there?
I will be fitting a screen so many will say fit it after IVA so no demister required etc.
My plan will be to use the car all year round and would rather have warm feet than save weight on the car.
Is a Mini heater any good or will it do no more than meet the demist requirment?
Anyone used the electric demisters from CBS?
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nre
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 10:43 AM |
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I have a heater in my Mojo, and it makes the car so much more useable in the winter (I use it everyday to get to work). I'd say it's only
worth it if you use sidescreens too, though... otherwise the heater has no chance!
I don't have experience of the mini heater, mine is out of a fiat 126... but it's a pretty small unit and still kicks out a fair bit of
heat.
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pewe
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 10:48 AM |
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Year-round use you are probably best going with a heater.
However on mine I've used a fly-screen from Mac#1. A bit of work with the Dremel and hot air gun sorted the fit out. Then there's no need
to fit a heater, demister, screen or windscreen wipers.
As long as you are out of the main slip-stream it's not too cold.
Also depends on which side your exhaust exits as this warms up the footwell even if the pipes are lagged.
Buy a decent set of thermals for cold weather use!
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe 
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turbodisplay
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 11:07 AM |
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I used a mini, will be getting rid of it:
Fisrt time I filled it with water it leaked, matrix corroded. Changed to a different type of matrix from the original, but now does not produce much
heat.
I will make a custom heater using an astra mk3 matrix as it is twice as big as a mini matrix.
Air Flow rate is okay though.
Darren
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iank
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 11:21 AM |
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Polo heater is probably a better bet than mini.
See this thread
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=21377
and ayoungman's photo archive for pictures of the bare heater.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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nick205
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 12:43 PM |
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I drove my Indy all year witha Mac1 sports screen and no heater. TBH if it's cold enough to worry about a heater, you'll need good
jacket, gloves, snood, helmet anyway so the heater doesn't seem worth the effort really - unless you go for a full windscreen, sidescreens etc.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 12:59 PM |
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Im not fitting a heater for IVA (not fitting a windscreen) But i have 225 horses passing me and exiting right next to my ar*e so i should keep faily
warm. Heater will probably be fitted post IVA though.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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scootz
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 01:13 PM |
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No...
It's Evolution Baby!
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ed1801
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 02:15 PM |
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MX5 might be worth considering. I had one of those and the heater was easily capable of heating the car with the roof down even in winter to the point
where gloves and coat were not necessary. Kit cars have a lot less space to heat, although you might struggle to squeeze in the mx5 matrix and blower.
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coozer
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 02:54 PM |
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I thought about it but have no where to hide it.
Was thinking of running a plastic tube from the back of the radiator into the footwell.
However I found that wearing a nice motorbike jacket with a scarf, helmet and gloves works OK.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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whitestu
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 04:19 PM |
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My old air cooled Citroen GSA had a take off from the exhaust manifold, a pipe and a fan, and gave plenty of warm air.
If you fit a water heater, make sure the pipes are all in good nick as I came across a guy in a Westy last year on the M25 whose heater had let go and
pumped boiling water all over his legs. Given the space in the footwells, there was no way he could get them out of the way and got burned quite
badly.
Stu
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 05:04 PM |
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those who ride a motorbike in winter know just how cold it can be without a heater...painfully cold
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 05:33 PM |
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Anybody try the little heater from a frogeyed sprite, quite small and heated a similar sized space.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 06:01 PM |
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If you are fitting a screen and weather gear then yes. You actually might like the heater to allow you to push cold air into the foot wells, not had
mine on the road long enough to tell but I could believe on a hot day this might be required!
Personally I would fit or at least plan the space for a heater+demist vents+wipers as you are building as finding space for these latter is not simple
as space is tight.
Dan
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