I dont know if this is baked. I got the idea from the hot fluids post - its kind of a continuation. We could probably heat a lot more water than just the windshield wiper fluid if we tap all the engine heat. Why not pipe some of that under the seats? Comfort & a water cooled engine at once.

This could be taken further into a cooling mode function where you use the cars speed to evaporate water and produce chilled water (kind of like an HVAC cooling tower).
-- energy guy, Jul 08 2004

Hot Fluids! http://www.halfbake...m/idea/Hot_20Fluids
<shameless plug> woowoo! </shameless plug> [jonthegeologist, Oct 04 2004]

By the time the engine's warm, the seat's probably already warmed up.
-- RayfordSteele, Jul 08 2004


And if you own a V12 supercar... "Holy crap, what my momma gave me just melted and stained my Lamborghini Murcielago! Oh, damn, that thing is really freakin' hot!" Here. I cooked these fishbones for you on a Ferrari F50's headrest.
-- croissantz, Aug 28 2004


[croissantz] I'm assuming you can temper the heat, and not necessarily run the water the same temperature as the engine. Most boiler's run at well - boiling point. That doesn't mean that the room they are heating up needs to run at the same temperature.
-- energy guy, Aug 30 2004


Umm... Buy a real car and you will get heated seats and cooled seats.
-- dave950, Sep 01 2004



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