heater or not
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hi all building up a mini turbo and have seen a few without a heater ,whats ure ideas on this is it better to have one or not ,car will be used for street use mainly cheers

give em hell

I'm not bothering, they weigh 5KG plus hoses and extra coolant. I am having a heated screen though.

I never had one in mine, a combination of a turbo sat in the bulkhead and a snugly fitting bucket seat ment it was allways warm even in the winter.

Never had a problem with steaming up, car had all its glass in and a carpet with two buckets.

On the other hand, a heater would help with the cooling of the engine with the extra water and ability to get rid of some heat.

Rick

im keeping my heater as the car will be used during winter

Done now needs redoing lol

no heater and heated screen on mine.

balls to the blower!!!



1330,stage3 head, gt1549, canems ecu, S/C box and drops

No heater, no heated screen, just a cloth.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

yes heater, if your engine gets hot it will work as another rad to a certain degree

Its a resounding. YES! In my book ....if not wait till it drops cooler

Persanal prefrance rele

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

Why not one of these, lightweight and will be much better than no heater:

http://www.t7design.co.uk/index.php?main_p...0fd5948ce594239

www.topcatcustom.co.uk

My exhaust is tucked right up, i definately dont need a heater... I will be getting a heated front window though

Yes i moved to the darkside

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I'm gonna be using of the heaters TC posted, mainly going to use it for clearing the windscreen

I'm going to bin my heater. It doesn't really do much now that the demisting stuff is gone.

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 30th May, 2012.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Definately bin it, a tidy weight saving!

Bin it, especially if you're not running carpets etc.. as the heat from the exhaust tunnel is more than enough..even when you don't want it!

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

I like that small heater and only 590g got to be worth it even for demisting the screen

Avon 2010 class c 3rd
Avon 2011 class c 2nd 13.8 @ 98mph

bin for me too; ran my car in winter too :p just wrap up

but i will be purchasing the heater tc posted to clear windscreen.

thanks guys il be binning it ,but i might just use a 12 electric heater as they plug into the cigarete lighter socket for winter use

give em hell

just looked electric heaters up on ebay they start at a tenner upwards

give em hell

I'd personally keep it unless your building a lightweight racer. I've probably used mine more as a secondary cooling system than a heater

I'm keeping mine, they may be heavy but they're extremely efficient. In both heating yourself and cooling the engine. So I'm making the effort to fit it.
I'm gonna be removing the flap and switch, and fitting an on/off variable resistor thing for more control over fan speed, as in the winter I'll get baking hot, turn it off then go freezing really quickly.

No heater for me, the engine supplies plenty of heat

hmmm. if you need to use your heater to cool your engine, then maybe your cooling system needs looking at...

Those 12v heaters are completely focking useless, you genuinely get more hot air when you breathe out, dont waste £10.

Anyone think a group buy could be worth looking at with the T7 heaters?

TC

www.topcatcustom.co.uk

no heater for me but I have kept the matrix plumbed in and fitted behind the front grille for extra cooling.

http://turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=170151