Big Red Heater

[robdog]

Anyone install a water type heater in thier side by side?

[sfrankland]

No one makes a kit but I have sized mine up for just this reason and found that you can fit one in the front between the rad and the firewall. The local Princess Auto (Canadianversion of Harbor Freight) sells the heaters but I am not sure yet how I am going to install it. It is currently -25 ºC or -13 ºF for the American folks and we are still doing all day trips on the bikes.

[OFRC boy]

We just put one of these in my buddies RZR and it works great! Not sure how it would fit in the Honda.

Mojave Heater Part #640

The MOJAVE heater is designed to simplify the task of providing heat and comfort to your ride. It eliminates the need to locate hard-to-find parts, or go through expensive rebuilds to get old units in working order. Its design offers several mounting options, and the optional Plenum includes adjustable louvers and a flange for defroster ducting. The Mojave gets it heat from the hot water in your vehicle’s cooling system (just like an O.E. unit), but has the advantage of fitting into a wide variety of confined spaces. Its compact size, ease of installation and operation make it the ideal replacement unit.

[sfrankland]

That is what I was looking at just not as fancy.

[robdog]

I was thinking of mounting one under hood and ducting it into cab .

[JBerg]

We have installed several "water type" heaters that we have got from Tommy Toppers and they work decent. We tried several of the electric type that Moose makes and they were garbage. The brackets broke and they didn't put out much heat. The new ones from Tommy Topper take a little while to heat up but they work well.

[TheZombieAK]

Looking at this topic I find it interesting. The Heaters listed above are only for single directional blowing, ie out the front, I believe.

Ranger Ware ( Polaris Ranger Cab Systems for Crew, Ranger XP Roofs, Windshields and Doors RangerWare Grand Rapids, MN (888) 927-9722 ) makes directional heaters for the Polaris Rangers & RZRs.

My dad has a Ranger 6x6 with the Ranger Ware heater that you can adjust just like a car heater, he has defrost and floor. It is a really nice sytem that also ties into your cooling system.

I think I would really think about adapting one of those systems to the Big Red. I mean what would you really need to do to make one work? Mounting Brackets, and rerouting the ducts differently, possibly longer ducting and coolent lines?

His system is a older one then this one but you get the gist:

WPS-104 - Heater System
(Fits Series 10 – 2008 500 & 700 & 2009 Crew & 6X6)
The Heater consists of a high output two-speed fan with two directional outlets in the side kick panel foot well area, and one defroster outlet mounted in the dash. The rest of the heater components are mounted under the hood, out of sight and do not take any space away from the passenger area. This is as close to an OEM installation as possible. It fits all 500 and 700XP Series machines 2008 and older and comes complete with installation kit and instructions.
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WPS-104 Heater System $459.95 MSRP
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Shipping Box Size: 16X11X11 Weight: 19 LBS.

It is pricy and $460 but since it is Ranger Ware you can get it thru a Polaris dealer now.

Not sure anyone would want to drop that kind of cash on a system and "Hope it works" but it apprears, to me, to be a better system if you could get it to work.