Originally Posted by txfuncars (Post 12570434)

Finished this last night, and I ended up around the same weight for r134a. I had put too much in it at first and had to drain some back out, but once I got the pressure to about 175 psi high / 55 psi low @ 95F the car was blowing cold and engaging the blower + compressor correctly. I will say, we googled the RX8 r134a pressure specs, and oddly it was listed around 15-20 PSI for the low side from this forum post, which is contrary to every other pressure chart I've ever seen which has Low around 50-55 for 95F ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Overall this was a pretty fun experience doing the install. The videos from @JP3 Motorsports were of great help, and all of the parts fit like a glove. It took about 8 hours total across 3 sittings, but we were very meticulous and had consistent beer breaks.


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Box of stuff. All neatly packaged and labelled.


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Cleaned the evaporator and swapped the expansion valve. Video was great for this, I had never encountered the "cork tape" before.


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Taking everything out.


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bigger isn't always better


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This was a very tight fit. I would recommend getting the ac lines attached before fully bolting up the compressor.


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Easiest part of the whole job, the condenser bracket fit perfect to the Greddy V-mount rig.


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held vacuum overnight with no issues!

Originally Posted by TeamRX8 (Post 12572135)

dang, better than the AC in my DFW metroplex apartment 😭 which has run 24/7 for almost two months now and can barely maintain 80°F
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