Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:05:34 -0500
Reply-To:     "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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From:         "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Organization: Bulley-Hewlett
Subject:      Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
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Don't get me started on this whole "air-cooled heat" issue.  As I wrote
is note a few moments ago, there is PLENTY of heat available in the
air-cooled vans.

What there is NOT is plenty of people (mechanics) who take the time to
understand how the system works so they can fix it when it breaks. They
perpetrate the myth "air cooled vans have no heat. The BatsTurds.

There is also a lack of distributed knowledge about how to improve the
heat using fairly simple means; though I have tried to distribute some
of my knowledge on the subject through my website.

Bottom line is this: your exhaust headers reaches 400-500 degrees
routinely, even in the winter. If you pass enough air through new heat
exchangers and into the van, and if you keep that air warm during its
trip through the ducts, you can have copious 275 degree heat coming out
of your ducts within minutes of starting the van. If you re-circulate
some of the heated air, and insulate the van, you can push that up to
325 or higher.

Our 1982 Vanagon Westy has only the slightest modification to the
heating system; the central duct is insulated. The heater boxes are new,
and the motor is about 9k on a rebuild.

I challenge anyone to come to Mount Olive, and with an outside
temperature between 30 and 35 degrees, lets put this thing on the
highway... after 10 minutes running, if you can keep your hand within 1"
of the heater outlet for more than 5 seconds, I'll buy you lunch. You
won't need your jacket, but you will need your wallet.

From historic, walkable Mount Olive, NC,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
Alliance: www.ntara.com
Home: www.MountOliveNC.info


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Rico Sapolich
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!

In a message dated 2/15/02 11:20:44 AM, SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU writes:

<< My 1981 also has the best heat I have ever had in a vehicle. It is
delivered

to the front floor vents HOT and faster than any water-cooled vehicle I
have

ever owned. >>

OK, what's the real story on these air-cooled Vanagons?  Do they REALLY
heat
or not?  My only point of reference comes from the hours of misery I
spent
wiping the inside of the windshield in my girlfriend's Beetle many
winters
ago.  If we had waited for the defrosters to clear the windows after we
stopped for some fun and games, we would still be sitting there
shivering and
smoking our cigarettes.

Rich