<VV> The 3 Greatest Corvair Improvements

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

Agreed, but the Beetle only used the exhaust from two cylinders. 
911s use jacketed headers for their heat, and they do actually make some  
decent heat! This is a more comparable scenario. 
Remember, there's one HELL of a lot of thermal energy in the exhaust  stream. 
I can see SS headers in an enclosure delivering heat in a matter of 30  
seconds or less! IT all boils down to how decent a heat exchanger is used.  Clearly 
the VW Beetle units weren't. 
 
In a message dated 4/9/2007 8:18:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
airvair at richnet.net writes:

Uh, have  you ever tried a VW (old) beetle? That's what they have, and
they're being  conservative when the owners manual says that the heater
is "minimal."  LOL

No, the Corvair air heater is just fine, IF it's properly  maintained.
It's when the car needs maintenance that it'll let you know (as  I said
in an earlier post) in a helofa hurry and in no uncertain terms. The  key
word here is MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE,  MAINTENANCE!

-Mark

JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:
> 
>  
> Well, why not an exhaust heated heater? I would think there's MORE  than
> enough thermal energy there.


 



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