Why do you use heat exchangers anyway?

[Zendalar]

Everybody in here is talking about how hot their 911 gets, the engine I mean. Why you don't just remove the normal heat exchangers and make ducting to external oil cooler and add couple fans blowing. This way you could get your car cooler and you would get warm air in the car. Also you would get rid of the rusty heat exchangers.

Oil lines -> Oil cooler (finned) -> add couple fans and ducting to the cold/hot air system.


Planning on doing this kinda setup this winter.

[This message has been edited by Zendalar (edited 08-12-2001).]

[Jack Olsen]

High engine temps and cold winter mornings rarely go together, unfortunately.

Otherwise, the previous owner (I forget whose car it was) who thoughtfully added an oil cooler to the passenger's footwell would have been a visionary.

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[RarlyL8]

You would freeze to death waiting for that type of system to work.
Heat exchangers heat up almost imediately, regardless of the ambient temperature. The auxillary oil cooler will only heat up slowly after the thermostat opens and after hard driving on cold days.

[pacmyster]

To hell with the whole heating system!!!! Put on a jacket and be a man!!!!

Then again, there are very few really cold days in FL.

Pete

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[This message has been edited by pacmyster (edited 08-13-2001).]

[wckrause]

I can start my car at 10 below, and I'll start getting heat out of the defroster as I'm backing out of the driveway.