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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#238356
here is one way of boasting the stock heater on a bug. i got this way out of a hot vws mag a year or so ago. all you need is 2 bilge blowers avalible for most boat places for about $50-65 each. you then cut the housing from under the back seat and make some adaptor rings to taper it down to the housings like such.

heres a comparison between the stock and the modified

bear in mind they are no longer than stock but are missing the tension that holds them together
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PurpleT3 Fahrvergnugen

880 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#238366
Any idea what the power rating of the motor is? Are you hooking them up with a separate control switch the turn them up/down.
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#238371
i think about 5 or 6 amp at the most. i had them hooked up to a switchunder the dash cause i never got around to a 4 speed resistor switch. they push a lot of air though on full bore though. warmed the whole car up in about 3 minutes
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#238433
Great in you live in the colder cliamites of the US....
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#238434
or melbourne also helps the demister
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#296695
here they are in the car


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Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#296696
Where can you get the blowers from?

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#296697
whitworths ,bias or any of the boatding warehouses
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#371750
currently planning to wire in a resistor switch so it can be set for different speeds
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General_Failure Use your head, don't abuse it!

1,036 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#371765
Wish I'd seen that about 7 years ago. Would have been brilliant. On the colder months my hands would quite literally freeze to the steering wheel. Hmm...I wonder if they would work better than the booster in the 1800/2L vans.
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Vehicle: 1975 Special order delivery walkthrough panel based LCA pop-top camper. Motor: Nippon 1.8L Single port Wasserboxer, Transmission: 3 rib 002.

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#371862
Hooked mine up to a battery-it can really move some air and reasonably quiet.Good find.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#371872
not a problem mate. i think they might only cause of the amount of air they move
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