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  • Maradyne Heater Install on 2020 SA

    SONICJK

    By SONICJK

      • Year: 2020 Brand: Supra Model / Trim: SA400 Cost: $250-$499 DIY or Professional Install: I installed it / created it
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    I've always wanted a heater with the pull out vents. 
    My new SA wasn't ordered from the factory with a heater so I wanted to add one. 
    Haven't heard great things about the heatercraft part that's factory (crappy pullouts mostly) and @freeheel4lifepointed me toward Maradyne (used by mastercraft and now tige)
    Happened to hop on ebay and found a seller liquidating some parts and scored a heater and 4 pullouts for next to nothing!

    The heater didn't have a manifold on it so I made one, flat plate and some 3" stainless tube. 
    Welded it up and hit it with some wrinkle black powder. 
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    Got that part installed in the boat under the observer seat shoved as far out of the way as possible and then moved on to the pullouts. 
    First idea was in the cupholders @freeheel4liferecommendation but I didn't want to lose cupholder space. 
    Decided on a standard install under the observers seat but didn't like the plastic housings on the pullouts. 
    Since the rest of the parts in the boat are billet aluminum I decided to match that.

    Started with a 1x 15 x 5 piece of 6061 and chucked it up in the mill:
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    Cut the top side to match the rest of the chamferred parts in the interior:
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    And the bottom got recesses to go over the Maradyne parts:

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    Like so:
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    A little cleanup:

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    And almost finished product. 
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    After next up was matching the existing aluminum finishes in the boat. Luckily they anodized all the aluminum without adding color which makes it easier to match. 
    Home brew anodizing setup:
    Sulfuric acid bath with aluminum cathodes and the part is the anode. hooed to a battery charger. Started at roughly 20 amps for 30 minutes and then it slowly goes down as the anodizing layer builds. 
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    Turned out pretty good!

     

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    Then on to the less fun part. 
    Frilling holes in a stupid expensive boat lol. 

    Made a drill template to be 100% sure that everything lines up like it should:
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    Holes came out perfect and dead on in the right spot. 


    Then it was just install it and connect the heater hoses:

     

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    I'm quite happy with the way it came out. 
    A sh#t load of work for something that no one will ever know isn't stock unless they have the same boat with the ugly plastic stock setup lol. 

     

     

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    SONICJK

    SONICJK 370

    Posted

    Finally got this finished up. Updated original post. 
     

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    dcwilson

    dcwilson 59

    Posted

    That is some beautiful work, wow. The homebrew anodizing is amazing! This is the attention to detail I like to see 🤙

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    SONICJK

    SONICJK 370

    Posted

    Thanks guys, 
    Having  nice boat makes it really hard to cut corners lol
    Normally i would have just powder coated it black and called it a day. 
     

    Married2Maristar

    Married2Maristar 8

    Posted

    Sweet documentation and result. Makes those high school chemistry classes seem worthwhile. So the heater hoses can be retracted for storage extended to the shivering passengers?

    SONICJK

    SONICJK 370

    Posted

    On 11/13/2020 at 11:28 PM, Married2Maristar said:

    Sweet documentation and result. Makes those high school chemistry classes seem worthwhile. So the heater hoses can be retracted for storage extended to the shivering passengers?

    Yep they tuck into the housings and extend out 6 feet. Good for shoving up your pants legs when you get out of the cold water lol 

    Married2Maristar

    Married2Maristar 8

    Posted (edited)

    want one so badly! how many btu? Also so confused you got a new boat? Didn’t you just do every project in the book on an older boat? Sold and traded up?

    Edited by Married2Maristar
    SONICJK

    SONICJK 370

    Posted

    27 minutes ago, Married2Maristar said:

    want one so badly! how many btu? Also so confused you got a new boat? Didn’t you just do every project in the book on an older boat? Sold and traded up?

    It's a 40,000 btu heater heat exchanger. 

    And yep exactly, finished that one and sold it to upgrade to this one! 

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    freeheel4life

    freeheel4life 129

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    On 11/13/2020 at 10:28 PM, Married2Maristar said:

    Sweet documentation and result. Makes those high school chemistry classes seem worthwhile. So the heater hoses can be retracted for storage extended to the shivering passengers?

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    ^^ I wear one of these after surfing late evenings or early/late into the season. Just tuck the pullout tunes up inside and you are toasty warm after your sets

    Married2Maristar

    Married2Maristar 8

    Posted

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    freeheel4life

    freeheel4life 129

    Posted

    Nice!! I like the look of those. I go with the LF as I'm at a dealership and get them at cost lol. Might have to get one for the ladies tho. 

    Either way...stuff one of those pullout heater tubes inside when its cold and you are living your best life 😂🤣😉

    Jason6368

    Jason6368 36

    Posted

    Holy sh#t! I’m jealous. You have some great know how and toys to get cool stuff done. I’m impressed.

    BBSurfer

    BBSurfer 1

    Posted (edited)

    If you don't have heaters like these, you may not realize that the position (as installed here) is awesome! Even without pulling out the tubes. I was in my Moomba Max and turned them on and they blow hard enough that the heat blows across the floor and right under the driver's seat. I was looking around for a dash vent to see where the air was hitting me from before I realized it swirls from across the walkway. 
    BTW, on a closed cooling system, is the heater core heated by antifreeze or lake water? Wondering for the winterize procedure. Would be much better if it was part of the closed cooling system. Yes? 

    Edited by BBSurfer
    SONICJK

    SONICJK 370

    Posted

    On 10/18/2021 at 4:33 PM, BBSurfer said:

    If you don't have heaters like these, you may not realize that the position (as installed here) is awesome! Even without pulling out the tubes. I was in my Moomba Max and turned them on and they blow hard enough that the heat blows across the floor and right under the driver's seat. I was looking around for a dash vent to see where the air was hitting me from before I realized it swirls from across the walkway. 
    BTW, on a closed cooling system, is the heater core heated by antifreeze or lake water? Wondering for the winterize procedure. Would be much better if it was part of the closed cooling system. Yes? 

    Yep these maradynes have vents that swivel so you can aim them as well. 
    Yes it's all part of closed cooling so no winterization needed



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