[DeTomaso] Servo heater control

[David Fisher]

Gary

That has to be the prettiest heater box on the planet. :-)

David
On Nov 15, 2012 3:01 PM, <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:

> 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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