V8 and liquid cooled guys..., Want to install a heater??? Here's mine Options

[Mike Bellis]

It gets cold here in Northern California often in the moorning. So I decided to build a liquid heater. First, I spent some time measuring the inside of the fresh air box. I figured I could fit a core 11x6 maximum. my son and I spent several hours at the local Pick and Pull junk yard. I settled on a Transmission cooler from a late model Ford Truck. Cooler measures 10x6.



I quick placement and I realize I need to cut! The water dam for the fan must be cut down. Make sure not to cut all of it so that it will still keep some water off the motor.



The finish cut to the dam. Ready for the lid? Not yet.

[TC 914-8]

Wow, this is a cool thread that was dug up from a long time ago. It’s nice seeing all the old school guys charming in at the beginning of the thread. On my first 914 with the Ford V6, I did exactly the same thing, I found a Heat exchanger at a pick and pull and installed it but unfortunately, I never piped it into any of radiator waterlines. I’m sure it would have worked. My current 914 V8, I have no heat and I am still tempted to do something like this.
There are other sources of heat like an electric ceramic heat, but again then you have to reassign your electrical system, and it might put a tax on your alternator.