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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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Default Aftermarket defogger for windshield?????

As with many of us with turbo setups, I had to sacrifice my A/C. Living in Florida = afternoon thunderstorms almost daily. This adds up to alot of wipping the windshield with a towl in order to be able to see.

I was told that there were some aftermarket electric heaters with a fan that you can mount under the dash to blow warm air on the windshield and keep it from fogging up. Does anyone have a link or info on these? I can't seem to find them. I found everything from the **** you wipe on the glass (generally accepted that it doesn't work) to some new nanotech laquer coating that is energized that they are working on (works but not available).
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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An electric heater would be a nice option but man would it ever suck the electricity. even a 600 watt element would pull down 50 amps at 12 volts
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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What you want is the Mojave heater from summit. Check in the drag racing forum, lots of guys using them. Mine was about $120 I think.
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 06:39 PM
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What you want is the Mojave heater from summit. Check in the drag racing forum, lots of guys using them. Mine was about $120 I think.
Looks like they've gone up. $159.00 + Freight for the basic piece.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

And another $41.88 + freight for the plenum box.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...p?part=FLX-650

Don't think that I will need the plenum box as I should be able to mount and aim it at the defogger louvers in the dash pad. Seems like overkill for what I need as I will rarely, if ever, need it for actually warming up the engine compartment here in South Florida.
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Any other options?
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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Summit has a house brand one for $109.95
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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Would one of these electric units get too hot to put under the dash and aim at the defogger louvers in the dash pad?
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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Put a small ac compressor on your car, you could mount it in various places to keep it out of the way. Not cheap but it would work.
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I mounted a mojave to blow straight up through the dash onto the windshield. I used it a couple times I got caught in the rain and it worked descent...with no wipers either.
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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I mounted a mojave to blow straight up through the dash onto the windshield. I used it a couple times I got caught in the rain and it worked descent...with no wipers either.
$160 is kinda steap and I'd rather not go thru the trouble of plumbing it in. But I gotta do something. Very unsafe.
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A really good cleaning followed by some RainX anti-fog on all the insides of the windows has done a great job for me. RainX regular on the outside and mirrors and you're golden.

Jim
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 09:18 AM
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I dont understand- You removed the AC. Not the defogger, unless you completely gutted the heater box and everything?
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I dont understand- You removed the AC. Not the defogger, unless you completely gutted the heater box and everything?
Yeah, I removed everything including the ducting and all.
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