Desert Rat
Well Known Member
I was just looking at the thread with the firewall mount oil coolers (something that I'm going to have to pursue in the near future) and was struck with a thought.
In a lot of those applications, the cooler is pretty close to the inlet flapper for the cabin heat. has anybody ever though of taking air downstream of the oil cooler to use for cabin heat, instead of off of an exhaust stack? Thats not really very different in concept to how a car heater works.
Is the air coming across the top of the engine too noxious to be plumbed into the cabin? Also, any of the big brains out there care to comment on the thermodynamics and heat exchange rates i.e is this practical at all, or do physics make it impractical?
In a lot of those applications, the cooler is pretty close to the inlet flapper for the cabin heat. has anybody ever though of taking air downstream of the oil cooler to use for cabin heat, instead of off of an exhaust stack? Thats not really very different in concept to how a car heater works.
Is the air coming across the top of the engine too noxious to be plumbed into the cabin? Also, any of the big brains out there care to comment on the thermodynamics and heat exchange rates i.e is this practical at all, or do physics make it impractical?