[DeTomaso] Servo heater control

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

Very cool. I built a heater box from scratch to do the same thing. I
dropped the A/C. The weight savings, compressor, condenser, lines was over
100lbs:

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/HB.jpg


Heater input Servo water valve in the front coming from a divider:

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/HB2.jpg
http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/cooling/Tubes.jpg

Gary



> I've finally finished my project of converting the heater box and heater
> valve to servo control and while it wont win any beauty contests I am
> pretty happy the (functional) results.
>
> This allowed me to accomplish my goal of being able to match all the knobs
> on the console,remove the cable controls on th heater, and get a heater
> valve that shuts completely off.
>
> There's a few pics on POCA starting here:
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=38491
>
> And if you're really hard up for entertainment, there are two short
> video's
> explaining the operation here:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/110522871342119553583/PanteraHeaterServo?authuser=0&feat=directlink
>
>
> With working heat and A/C behind me I decided to take her up into the
> twisties in the back hills here in San Jose.   I had a great drive through
> some very windy roads and came back with a big grin, some sore shoulders
> and a few more projects:
>
> - Have to do something about bump steer
> - Need to find the missing 200hp
> - Need to tweak out some understeer.
>
> Comments welcome :-)
>
> David
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