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JeepMatt08
Bone Stock
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| 08/31/2006 8:47 AM |
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| I purchased a 1982 CJ-5 with a soft top, and soft doors. In the winter does the heater produce enough heat to keep you warm long enough? |
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webby4x4
Forum Admin, Magazine Editor
Rock Star
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| 08/31/2006 10:11 AM |
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Winter in Arizona, maybe. Winter in Fargo, North Dakota, hell no.
It really depends on how well the heating system has been taken care of, but even in the mild windwestern areas, a stock CJ heater with a softtop and soft doors will absolutely not be enough. At least in my humble opionion.
But all is not lost, there are auxillary heaters you can purchase, like the Mojave heater we did a review on, or even electrical units. They work well and put out enough auxillary heat to make life bearable in the coldest of months.
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Rick Webster
Editor, 4X4REVIEW.COM - A Tork Media, Inc. Publication
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SnoMan
Lift & Lockers
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| 08/31/2006 5:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by webby4x4
Winter in Arizona, maybe. Winter in Fargo, North Dakota, hell no.
It really depends on how well the heating system has been taken care of, but even in the mild windwestern areas, a stock CJ heater with a softtop and soft doors will absolutely not be enough. At least in my humble opionion.
But all is not lost, there are auxillary heaters you can purchase, like the Mojave heater we did a review on, or even electrical units. They work well and put out enough auxillary heat to make life bearable in the coldest of months.
Rick
Do not bank on a electrical on that runs of car because you cannot make any serious heat on 12volts without greatly overloading your electrical system (it would take about 125 amps to equal a home electric space heater in output) Use a aux heater that uses engine coolant. I have factory dual heater in my old suburban abd it has kept us warm traveling at 30 below and colder. A few tips. put in a 205 or 210 thermostat for winter as it will boost stock heater output a good bit and get a bra cover for raditor grill to limit cool air under hood because if you keep fire wall warmer it will help keep Jeep warmer inside too. It will also keep engine warmer because return water from raditor will be warmer so averge coolant temp will be higher which helps heater too. This works because living at 30 below you learn the tricks, I used to have a zip up cover that was about 80% closed most of winter and 100% closed when it was 30 below or so and engine never over heated or even though about it but we were toasty inside front to rear. A bra also keeps engine warmer longer when you shut it off for a bit too. Another thing, if you have a cold air intake, have it breath under hood when bra is on. One winter I was driving through Wyoming durring a white out at 25 below and burb started to loss power though it was still running smoothly. I stopped and raise hood and found air cleaner full of blown snow from factory cold air intake so I had to clean it out and disconnect cold air feed (really fun at 25 below in early morning before full light with wind blowing) After that we completed the 300 mile trip without any further issues. I also used to use dual block heaters too but that is a different story. |
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batch
Street Queen
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| 08/31/2006 6:33 PM |
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You might want to try a set of seat heaters. This would probalby be the easiest and most cost effective thing you could install to augment your stock heater.
Check out this one...
[url]http://www.4x4review.com/cool%2Dprod/seat-heaters.asp[/url]
This way you are not trying trying to heat all of the air in the vehicle (which is trying to escape much faster than you can heat it) |
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webby4x4
Forum Admin, Magazine Editor
Rock Star
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| 09/01/2006 2:19 PM |
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| All excellent points - thanks guys |
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