Corvette heater control in a f-body?
10-10-2006, 11:22 PM
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Corvette heater control in a f-body? Is it possibel to change the F-body heater controsl with the Vette ones? does anyone have a picture of the backside of the non-climate control heater controls?
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10-11-2006, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Urban Legend
Get a Vette then. C5s are pretty cheap these days.
Hate to say it, but these are the most retarded type of replies you can give. Totally unhelpful and not at all conducive to this type of forum.
Almost all of us want something that was originally offered on a different car than ours, and responding with "WELL BUY IT!" does nothing to inspire people to fabricate or try new things.
10-11-2006, 05:51 AM
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Almost all of us want something that was originally offered on a different car than ours
What percentage of people are you talking about? Or are you talking about yourself? Also what help did you provide him or her with your comment and or post?
10-11-2006, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Urban Legend
What percentage of people are you talking about? Or are you talking about yourself? Also what help did you provide him or her with your comment and or post?
I guess that Procharger was an option on your car from Chevy right? K.
And no my post wasn't helpful, it was made to point out how unhelpful yours was. You can see from my sig I've done my share to help people out.
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10-11-2006, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by evilbadz
I'm talking about a large percentage of people. How many people put stripes on their camaros? Ram air hoods? Paint their calipers red? Berger panel?
I guess that Procharger was an option on your car from Chevy right? K.
And no my post wasn't helpful, it was made to point out how unhelpful yours was. You can see from my sig I've done my share to help people out.
I guess that Procharger was an option on your car from Chevy right? K.
And no my post wasn't helpful, it was made to point out how unhelpful yours was. You can see from my sig I've done my share to help people out.
10-11-2006, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Waveridr85
Thanks, he was being an asshat. Maybe we will find soem info on this topic
Good luck with it
10-11-2006, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by evilbadz
Hate to say it, but these are the most retarded type of replies you can give. Totally unhelpful and not at all conducive to this type of forum.
Almost all of us want something that was originally offered on a different car than ours, and responding with "WELL BUY IT!" does nothing to inspire people to fabricate or try new things.
10-11-2006, 06:23 PM
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didn't this topic come up just last week? I'm having trouble with the search but I'm nearly positive a topic almost identical to this just came up
10-11-2006, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
didn't this topic come up just last week? I'm having trouble with the search but I'm nearly positive a topic almost identical to this just came up
10-11-2006, 10:21 PM
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OK, lets put the BS aside.
My take on the subject, is that anything can be done. How much do you want to pay, and much of your car do want to hack into.
The way I see it right now, you'd need to find out if the vette uses vacuum, or electronically controlled blend doors. Obviously the panel is electronic... Our cars use all vacuum I believe. I thought in the back of my head, one of the controls may be cable operated.
I'm 99% positive that they are vacuum though.
Now aside from that, you would probably need the computer out of a vette as well. I'm sure this system is controlled by the central body electronics. So you'd need a C5 computer JUST to control the HVAC system. By computer, I mean BCM.
I may be off on that, as I'm a BMW tech and these cars are WORLDS apart.
Either way, this is where you'd need to start.
Your main obstacles right now are the vacuum operated blend doors. The lack of a "brain" for the HVAC control panel. Not to mention the fact, that the C5 has dual climate zones as mentioned above.
Anything is possible, but it would be one HELL of a task.
My take on the subject, is that anything can be done. How much do you want to pay, and much of your car do want to hack into.
The way I see it right now, you'd need to find out if the vette uses vacuum, or electronically controlled blend doors. Obviously the panel is electronic... Our cars use all vacuum I believe. I thought in the back of my head, one of the controls may be cable operated.
I'm 99% positive that they are vacuum though.
Now aside from that, you would probably need the computer out of a vette as well. I'm sure this system is controlled by the central body electronics. So you'd need a C5 computer JUST to control the HVAC system. By computer, I mean BCM.
I may be off on that, as I'm a BMW tech and these cars are WORLDS apart.
Either way, this is where you'd need to start.
Your main obstacles right now are the vacuum operated blend doors. The lack of a "brain" for the HVAC control panel. Not to mention the fact, that the C5 has dual climate zones as mentioned above.
Anything is possible, but it would be one HELL of a task.
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10-11-2006, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
OK, lets put the BS aside.
My take on the subject, is that anything can be done. How much do you want to pay, and much of your car do want to hack into.
The way I see it right now, you'd need to find out if the vette uses vacuum, or electronically controlled blend doors. Obviously the panel is electronic... Our cars use all vacuum I believe. I thought in the back of my head, one of the controls may be cable operated.
I'm 99% positive that they are vacuum though.
Now aside from that, you would probably need the computer out of a vette as well. I'm sure this system is controlled by the central body electronics. So you'd need a C5 computer JUST to control the HVAC system. By computer, I mean BCM.
I may be off on that, as I'm a BMW tech and these cars are WORLDS apart.
Either way, this is where you'd need to start.
Your main obstacles right now are the vacuum operated blend doors. The lack of a "brain" for the HVAC control panel. Not to mention the fact, that the C5 has dual climate zones as mentioned above.
Anything is possible, but it would be one HELL of a task.
My take on the subject, is that anything can be done. How much do you want to pay, and much of your car do want to hack into.
The way I see it right now, you'd need to find out if the vette uses vacuum, or electronically controlled blend doors. Obviously the panel is electronic... Our cars use all vacuum I believe. I thought in the back of my head, one of the controls may be cable operated.
I'm 99% positive that they are vacuum though.
Now aside from that, you would probably need the computer out of a vette as well. I'm sure this system is controlled by the central body electronics. So you'd need a C5 computer JUST to control the HVAC system. By computer, I mean BCM.
I may be off on that, as I'm a BMW tech and these cars are WORLDS apart.
Either way, this is where you'd need to start.
Your main obstacles right now are the vacuum operated blend doors. The lack of a "brain" for the HVAC control panel. Not to mention the fact, that the C5 has dual climate zones as mentioned above.
Anything is possible, but it would be one HELL of a task.
I am wanting to avoid the dual climate control one and get the plain regular HVAC such as this one, it should make stuff pretty easy. Who knows, it may be plug and play. Can anyone supply pictures of the rear of this unit?
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10-11-2006, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Waveridr85
I am wanting to avoid the dual climate control one and get the plain regular HVAC such as this one, it should make stuff pretty easy. Who knows, it may be plug and play. Can anyone supply pictures of the rear of this unit?
Rear defrost button should be easy. At the most just go to the junk yard and have them cut the factory clips for that style HVAC unit. That way you can solder them onto the factory F body harness. That's what I'd do for a clean install anyways.
The A/C in our cars is only selectable via the distribution ****. That's an issue, as that A/C button won't be usable.
Along with the other two buttons on the left, which aren't included on an Fbody HVAC system.
Kind of renders the entire swap pointless, know what I'm saying?
Ever think about spicing up the factory stuff a little bit? I know the interiors of our cars are cheap.... I went ahead and bought silver overlays for everything. Added some decals to give them that custom look as well. Then I bought some billet ***** off ebay, originally made by MBA when they were still around. Then I had them anodized to match my shift ****.
Red/black/silver is just my thing, everything I own has that color combo. You could do something more subtle, and it makes a HELL of a difference. No more shitty plastic feel.
There's a pic to get you thinking. IMO that 'vette HVAC panel won't be worth it once all those buttons are useless.
Oh, and no flak on that red vinyl pontiac arrow head! I pulled that a day after I tried it and posted pics. Nobody liked it, including me
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