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Old 02-20-2008, 04:29 PM
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Default light weight full function heater

the fan was $53 and is @ 150cfm at 5A

the plate is BMR w/ holes for the water pipes cut and mounting holes for my new blower shroud made from aluminum.

this retains full '****' function of the heat. you may opt to seal off the fresh air vent under the cowl in the passenger corner. i did not weigh anything but its about half the weight and no mess in the engine bay. the blower is wired to the factory blower plug.





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Red X's dammit!
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Error 404 pics not found.

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Cool idea though. I'd love to see the pics, when you get them to work.
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ls1tech.com fails at hotlinking attachments, i agree, show up fine for me. ill add the actual links
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ls1tech.com fails at hotlinking attachments, i agree, show up fine for me. ill add the actual links
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ok totally redone.. damn
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Looks good to me. Are you trying to offset the cage weight?
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getting rid of 'non value added' weight certainly.. where is affordable and safe.

with this i drop some weight, get some room under the dash, get a ton of elbow room in the engine bay, and i lose nothing at all but the rest of the a/c i all ready didn't have

in addition to this there is new repro carpet going in around the cage that is a little lighter.. and i would LOVE to get my hands on a fab 9" rear with a lower gear and drop some weight over my 12 bolt. nobody wants to build me one my way though. (3 channel by april 1)
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Nice. Me likes very much.
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Originally Posted by MIGHTYMOUSE
getting rid of 'non value added' weight certainly.. where is affordable and safe.

with this i drop some weight, get some room under the dash, get a ton of elbow room in the engine bay, and i lose nothing at all but the rest of the a/c i all ready didn't have

in addition to this there is new repro carpet going in around the cage that is a little lighter.. and i would LOVE to get my hands on a fab 9" rear with a lower gear and drop some weight over my 12 bolt. nobody wants to build me one my way though. (3 channel by april 1)
midwest chassis?
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Dave, can you PM me the links to the heater and pics?

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Do you know the actual weight dropped or lost? Or at least a ballpark estimate?
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
midwest chassis?
thats what he indirectly means. he's seen how long it's been with mine.
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Originally Posted by MIGHTYMOUSE
i did not weigh anything but its about half the weight
if i was to take a shot in the dark i would say the original stuff was 20 and now i'm at around 10
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wanna make another and sell it?
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fan
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2C646

i would rather not make another one unless you make it very interesting for me.

i all ready have the dash and stuff bolted back in on top of it all.
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Nice. I enjoy my heat also but just kept the stock Core.

Gotta love it!
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That is for the windshield since it likes to fog up when cold and I also have two of the walmart $15 ceramic heaters that I ran last fall which work really well. The fan pulls 55cfm which if it isn't enough I'll upgrade, but I think it will work and cost me $10. I also still use the stock heater fan controls, but I have my lines ran a little different since it's an lt1 and I tucked them(hidden) to keep the clean engine bay.



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