heater or no heater??

[JDM motorsport]

should i keep my heater in my capri or not??

as i am building a capri track car but don't really know wether i will need it or not ?

[Lewis]

I have to say a heater is always one thing I like to keep in a car - at least it makes driving to and from the event more comfortable. Being too hot in a car is usually quite easy to solve but being too cold involves piling on the layers.

I'd keep it, it'll make it much nicer to use I guess.

That is, of course, assuming you're going to drive it to events

[Ether]

Might be useful

[mowzer]

I would keep it even just for keeping the screen clear on colder days

[surprisingskoda]

are you a MAN, or a *insert comedy slander of choice here*??

[stanton]

rip that curse word out!!!!

my whie golf is getting it ripped out, but i guess thts different ;D

[Nathan]

Keep it, I toyed with the idea but the weight saving I would of gained was hardly worth it.

[Adam]

Still got the heater in the pug.

And electric windows and central locking!

I do like my creature comforts

[Loxlee]

i got my heater in mine still.....but its never worked!

only time ive ever REALLY wanted it was when it was snowing

[bstardchild]

Rip it out by all means but resign yourself to watching on damp drizzlly track days when everyone else is having fun going sideways without having to worry about buying new tyres

On a road car you lean forward and wipe the screen with kitchen towel

On a track day car you have four points and guess what they stop you doing

Keep it it weighs next to sod all and it's additional engine cooling

[surprisingskoda]

is it unusual that my heater matrix weighs at least 6kg, 10 with all ancilliaries? totally ripping that weight out!

[Nick]

keep it. worst mistake you can make is turning a car into a freezing tin can, even curse word noisy cars become comfortable with a bit of heat in them

[phoenix]

out, mines a convertible and never need it, if its rear wheel drive just remove the gearbox tunnels insulation, plenty of heat.

[B-8-D]

keep it..
its sometimes handy to have that little extra cooling for the engine in an emergency!
I'm sure the "heater on fullblast and sweating my plumbs off in the summer"
has maintained headgasket sealing properties many times on some of my cars!!
si

[SeventyNine]

keep it.

you could always have the windows open on a track day to stop the window misting up

[bstardchild]

lathamescortmk2 said:

keep it.

you could always have the windows open on a track day to stop the window misting up

Not allowed (well not enough to make enough of a difference anyway

No bigger gap than you can get your fingers in normally

[SeventyNine]

i stand corrected

[bstardchild]

lathamescortmk2 said:

I stand corrected

no problem - it a safety thing they don't want gaps that a limb or head could go thro in the event of roll over.......

Of course once the glass has gone on the first rollover I'm not sure how that all works but hopefully it's just a light roll on a trackday and not a full twister!!!

[Nick]

put a window net in?

[TerraRoot]

Got no heater in my car, don't miss it, it's not a track weapon, So do it i say!