RE: RE: 164 ac trick...

[dsedon@domain.elided]

re: not having heat - ya yust gotta remember to open the hood & turn the walve...  ;~)

re: pressure, no problem w/the cars that have a heater control walve awreddy - these do the same thing - when working!  ;~)  dunno about the 164, but i can't imagine it's a problem.  one 164 that i bought a couple years back, to trade for a freshly-built, installed 3.0in my gtwe6, plus extra future labor, had a walve in-line when i got it...  as far as corrosion, well, the 164's heater core is plastic & aluminum...  and, ya *are* gonna wanna open it up once in a while, unless, mebbe ya live in hawaii...

doug s.

"Glenn Wasserman" <glennwa@domain.elided> wrote:

>Aren't there side effects from not having the heat operable when the valve is shut? What about defrosting the windows - isn't the heat occasionally needed, even in the summertime?
> 
>Also, what about the pressure caused by blocking the intake to the heater core? Isn't the system meant to have the coolant running through there? 
> 
>Any chance of corrosion while the heater core is empty?
> 
>-Glenn
> 
>(excited about the idea but still cautious)


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