BritishV8 Forum: Best heater fan?

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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Best heater fan?

Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: December 07, 2013 06:15PM

What heater fan makes the best, easiest, and most airflow replacement for the stock fan?

Jim

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PJ Lenihan
Winston-Salem, NC
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04/29/2009 11:37AM

Main British Car:
74 MGB-GT 3.4 V-6 crate, 5 spd

Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: lawnvett
Date: December 07, 2013 07:42PM

Fierro is a bolt in, the windscreen would demise twice as fast, and the unit cost is half of a new one from Moss.

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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: December 08, 2013 12:38AM

It's not a bolt in PJ, you have to cut the opening larger. There has to be something from a newer car with a powerful motor. Fiero is 30 year old tech.

Jim

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Jim Nichols
Sequim,WA
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02/29/2008 08:29PM

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1973 MGB roadster 260 Ford V8

Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: mgb260
Date: December 08, 2013 12:37PM

Here is a thread showing Graham Creswick's Hyundai heater fan conversion.

[www.mgexp.com]

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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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10/23/2007 11:32PM

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1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: MGBV8
Date: December 08, 2013 02:52PM

Yeah, it'd be a shame to mod the heater box. What would the purists think?! :D

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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: December 08, 2013 02:59PM

That looks really good, and being up north and knowing Graham I'd expect that to work really well. I sent him a PM asking if he'd found out what the donor vehicle was, some model of Hyundai. He also had hooked it up as a single speed, I wonder if he found that to be acceptable in the long run but didn't think to ask.

It does appear the hole had to be enlarged. Might be a "shame" to mod the box, but pulling and reinstalling the heater is not a joyful experience. We do need a mod that improves it without all that.

Jim

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Richard Woodley
Ameliasburg, Ontario, Canada
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01/21/2010 02:51PM

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1972 MGB GT Rover 3.5

Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: cruiseman
Date: December 16, 2013 11:51AM

I have the heater fan from a Hyundai Pony, mid 80's I think. You have to cut the box a bit, about 1/2 inch around but the fan is much stronger than the original and it's a two speed. I paid $10 at the wrecker.

I have attached two photo's, one showing the old fan and the Hyundai fan and the second shows the piece you need to cut out.

Richard

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Brad Carson
Aurora, Colorado
(104 posts)

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03/10/2008 12:45AM

Main British Car:
1975 MGB 350 SBC bored 0.040 over

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Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: denvermgb
Date: December 16, 2013 09:50PM

I have Magnaflows right under each seat, gets the floor pan pretty warm! Not a blower fan, I know, but had to throw in my .02.

Brad

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Chris Gill
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
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08/13/2009 12:06AM

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1979 MGB roadster Buick 300 stroker with EFI

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Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: cgill
Date: December 28, 2013 08:09PM

Jim, the guy doing the SBC swap on MGE is using a squirrel cage from a 2004 GTO. It's pretty big but it appears to fit with some serious trimming. I might give it a try with a spare heater box because I bet is really moves some air!

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Ian Hart
Ashbourne UK
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06/01/2011 05:15AM

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1971 MGB GT (conversion) Rover 3947 R380 gearbox

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Re: Best heater fan?

Posted by: hirot
Date: December 29, 2013 08:29AM

Whilst on the subject of heaters anybody know if you encounter problems mixing metal types as I wanted to make the connection between my heater....which is the larger one sold by Moss and may be hotter but the fan is useless....and engine in copper pipe so that I can put an air bleed valve in the top heater outlet.

Only ask as having lived on a boat I used to get a little twitchy when mixing metals in salty water because of corrosion and electrolosis.

Or am I better off having it made up in aluminium.

Ian

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