914 Heater, any solutions ? Options

[MecGen]

Hi people
Lots of good mods here, on the forum.
Has anybody found, used a heater sytem for the air cooled motor? Oil cooler for example? I am always scarred to plumb oil into the tub...it is a 914. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif)
Electric heaters, word is they just don't work.
I don't have stock heat exchangers any more.
Anybody have a decent solution
Thanx 1000 x
Cheers
Joe



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[SirAndy]

QUOTE (scott thacher @ Feb 25 2005, 08:22 AM)

2 1800 watt hair dryers, no way first they cant be over 1500 watts and use a normal plug, but that does not mean he did not change a plug. 2, that is one noisy way to get heat. 3, thats 3600 watts at 120 volts, or 30 amps at 120 volts, then lets say he had an inverter running from the alt and battery and it was 100 % effecent, that would be 300 amps at 12 volts, or enought to drain the battery flat in 15 minutes even with the alt charging it.

actually, his car has more than just one battery ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) and they're not that loud either ...

as for the heater, a aftermarket heater that burns gasoline is the way to go.
they were an option for VW-Bus and VW-Transporter.
i had one in my VW-Beetle. took about 5 minutes to get the car to sub-tropical temps in the winter with -10C outside ...

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