Hi all,
I have an early S2 Elise, however it's one with Air Conditioning, so has the large heater box design rather than the smaller one. The air conditioning is going to be removed, as quite frankly it's too expensive to keep chasing leaks.
Now, this is only theoretical now because these aren't available any more, but would a Fezzasus heater work in those particular Elises? I would have thought they still fit.
If not, I've been trying different plans of attack, mainly to try and remove the warm air despite being set to cold during the summer.
It's the valve that's the main thing, as the heater matrix is always hot regardless. Possible ideas are an electric four port valve, which doesn't seem to exist except in the US, where it's quite dear, or ones from a Ford or possibly a Jaguar.
The ones from a Ford or a Jaguar don't have any actuation like the one I am looking at from the US, and from swotting up the Jaguar one, looks like it sends pulses to fully open and close the valve.
I see there was a circuit board on the Fezzasus heater. Did this circuit board perform that function? Later Elises uses a potentiometer for the temperature, actuating a motor for the temperature flap. This could theoretically be connected straight to that circuit, which would connect to the valve. I don't know whether that circuit sent pulses or a variable voltage, or whether that changing the voltage changed the "position" of the valve, for want of a better way to describe it.
It would hopefully make it cool when set to cold, although it won't improve the heater output like the Fezzasus appears to.
Guess I could still wait to see if anyone has one for sale.
Many thanks, apologies for the long post!
