[DeTomaso] heater/AC blower design? (also the fresh air vent)

[Rob Dumoulin]

I wrote up the removal and evap upgrade process with pics on the POCA site
below.

http://www.poca.com/index.php/pub/tech/89-interior/218-pantera-dash-and-heater-box-removal

Rob

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Rob (and anyone else with an answer),
>
>     Does it appear that the fresh air vent was deleted and they no-oped off
> the top half of the core?
>
>     Does anyone have sketches/photos of the fresh air vent?  Does it rely
> on high pressure at the base of the windshield?  Does it do much?
>
> Ken
>
>  *From:* Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
> *To:* Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:32 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] heater/AC blower design?
>
>  I did the same thing in the Spring and noticed that the fan primarily
> pushed air the bottom coils.
> On my '71, though, the top of the heater box has the fresh air vent which
> flowed through the top coils.
> On Sep 28, 2011 1:25 PM, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm fitting an aftermarket evaporator/heater core designed for a Pantera
> and spent some time looking at the air flow from the fans through the
> original core.  It appears that the flow is through maybe 1/3 of the core?
> Is this a typical evaporator design?  It seems like a poor design.
> >
> > Ken
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