how much horsepower increase when removing air conditioner??
03-11-02, 08:39 PM
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how much horsepower increase when removing air conditioner??
I was wondering how hard it is to remove the air conditioner and how much horsepower will increase with the removal of it
03-11-02, 09:33 PM
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It is easy to remove the AC, just takes some time, like 20 minutes. But what kind of belt are you going to run to keep your powersteering?
HP gain? not that much IMO. It saves some weight, but I like cold air when it is hot outside.
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HP gain? not that much IMO. It saves some weight, but I like cold air when it is hot outside.
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03-11-02, 09:34 PM
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When the air conditioner is turned off, the compressor is just freewheeling so you'll basically gain nothing. The main reason for removal is to increase airflow to the radiator and remove some of the clutter inside the engine bay.
03-12-02, 08:20 AM
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Originally posted by the_saint
But what kind of belt are you going to run to keep your powersteering?
But what kind of belt are you going to run to keep your powersteering?
i like the heat anyways. i HATE being cold.
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Originally posted by evot23
Can the air condenser be moved to a more flat position to allow more air to hit the radiator directly. Anyone do this?
Can the air condenser be moved to a more flat position to allow more air to hit the radiator directly. Anyone do this?
08-06-02, 08:34 PM
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don't do it...the fd is like an oven...it's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes ok i'm bored
I live in hot FL and never use the ac anyway.
Will the tubes bend without breaking or should I remove AC refrigerant and do this?
thanks!!
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Originally posted by jspecracer7
yep. Before I took my AC out, I was planning on putting the ac condenser parallel with the ground, underneath the radiator/intercooler. I've seen it done on a few cars now.
yep. Before I took my AC out, I was planning on putting the ac condenser parallel with the ground, underneath the radiator/intercooler. I've seen it done on a few cars now.
08-06-02, 09:47 PM
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With the apexi fmic, and others you have to relocate your condensor. With a intercooler kit you have all the approriate brackets and so fourth to make the move easy. I'm sure it can be done without a fmic, it would just take some time to figure out and a few trips to the hardware store. Anyways, unfortunatly putting the condensor on the bottom of the car parallel with the ground doesn't allow much air flow and makes the ac work poorly. However you can easily fit a fan on the condenser without worrying about it getting ripped off over speed bumps or whatever. All you have to do is splice into the existing fan wires to make the fan work. In my case I have my radiator fans working through the haltach, they come on at 180 and shut off at 175, very cool feature. So since I still have the stock fan connectors available, I simply took my stock radiator fan connector, cut one off and spliced it into a fan I bought at auto-zone. So now anytime I want ac, I just hit the button like normal and the fan comes on and i'm cool and happy.
08-07-02, 01:04 AM
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I live in MN right now and took out my condeser so I could get better flow to the radiator. Now I'm moving to FL in 10 days, I hope I can bare the heat. just have to have the windows down lots.
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08-07-02, 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by evot23
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Was it necessary to remove the refigerant to move things around or did everything bend fine? If its too much hassle, I may just remove it all.
Thanks again!
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Was it necessary to remove the refigerant to move things around or did everything bend fine? If its too much hassle, I may just remove it all.
Thanks again!
08-07-02, 12:35 PM
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evot23,
Yeah I did this too - lowered the condensor flat that is;
Perhpas the following will help you visualize what I did.
http://www.negative-camber.org/crispyrx7/cwric3.htm
Regards,
Crispy
Yeah I did this too - lowered the condensor flat that is;
Perhpas the following will help you visualize what I did.
http://www.negative-camber.org/crispyrx7/cwric3.htm
Regards,
Crispy
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I removed mine cuz i dont use it anyways. It saved some weight too. The FD is actually set up to have the perfect airflow through the **** pit with the driver side window down and the sun roof cracked open. Its perfect and you dont lose power from running the AC. Try it if you dont believe me and drive at ruffly 30 or 40 miles an hour. I actually believe this was stated in one fo the car magazines about 10 or 11 years ago.
