Re: Ditching the Heater core

["Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>]

Well,

I'd say that it can be done, but I'm not sure of the benefits. The a/c stuff
weighs a ton and sucks up horse power, but the heater can actually help your
car. Since it runs off of the water, you can turn on the heat to help your
engine cool off when you're running it to the max.

The other lister who mentioned that you may be without the front defroster
brought up another good point. I'd think the way our cars can leak water,
you may need to keep at least the venting to blow on the front window.

Good luck -- Craig Williams
1981 SciroccoS 1.8 16V (soon to be 2.0+)
1987 Jetta GLI 16V (Daily Driver)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For the Wife)

----- Original Message -----

Subject: Re: Ditching the Heater core


> --- Sal Guzzo <pellom@yorku.ca> wrote:
> > Well, you know that when you're sick with a flu and
> > shit, you come up with
> > some fucked up ideas.  Here's my fucked up idea.
> >
> > CAn I ditch my heater core, vents, etc and leave out
> > the unnecessary items?
> >  The cars I contemplate putting under the knife are
> > my 84 Rabbit and my 81
> > Scirocco.  I figured that since we can ditch the
> > a/c, how about the heat?
> > PLease keep in mind that these cars are only driven
> > in the summer and I DO
> > NOT plan on driving them in the winter. I can save
> > on some weight as well
> > as other benefits (or so I think).
> >
> > So what would be the advantages and disadvantages in
> > pursuing this possibly
> > fruitless feat.  Stupid questions do not exist so
> > here I am asking.  I've
> > never seen this topic discussed so I wanna know.
> > Thanks y'all!!!!!
>
>
> sure! Why not?
>
> The only thing is, if you get caught in a nasty rain
> storm, you'll be missing the defogging properties of
> heat . . .
>
>
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