flyinsquirel

Didn't get any responses from the Camaro forum so I'll try here. Need to add AC to my 67 and looking for opinions on which one to get. I hear allot of good and bad about Vintage Air, and I know there are a few other brands out there.

My car did not come with Air so I don't have all the factory holes in the dash, and don't want to add them either. What did you like/dislike about your kit? Anything I should look out for? How did you mount the compressor? Anything else you could add that might help.

Car is getting an LS1 also.

Thanks

130fe

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Get the Vintage Air Gen IV, they have a kit that fits directly in your car and it uses modern technology (no cables for the control). I installed it in mine and it was easy.

http://www.vintageair.com/cat2007/40.pdf

67rsss

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Literally just finished up the Vintage Air IV sure fit setup. They provided an S5 compressor and everything else needed. Looks decent and works great. I did wire mine in through the LS1 computer using the Pressure Sender from a 98 Camaro instead of the binary switch, but you don't have to. The only things I am unhappy with is the fact that the backlighting on the new panel in the car is very dim, and that the heater hose solenoid gets pretty darn hot when off (normal they say). I used the Kwik performance brakcet to mount the compressor, and it works great.

shanekennedy

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Vintage air
Hot rod air
Classic auto air
Southern air by southenn rods & parts
Old air products
Nostalgic air parts
Air-tique


vintage air is prolly most popular

my biggest complaint w/ them is the looks of the controls & their logo on the controls

if you fine w/ that, it's a no brainer

1 of the vendors, forget who but i think they were based in FL, would modify your OEM controls to work w/ their gear so you'd have a factory look

Klimaxx

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did vintage air swap out the v belt style compressor for a serpentine style? how did you make that work? thats exactly what i'm looking at doing. (power tour was rediculously hot this year)

flyinsquirel

When I called Vintage they told me the compressor would come with an appropriate serpentine pulley to work with the LS1. Only problem is their mounting bracket puts the compressor in the factory position, lower passenger side, which does not work without notching your subframe on a first gen Camaro. Like 67rsss pointed out, you will need to use an aftermarket mount such as Kwik Performance if you don't want to start cutting. I'm not aware of any other mounts that would work.

I was told you attach some actuators to where the cables mount on your factory controls. The gen IV works off of servo motors.

67rsss - how is that gen 4 system working out? I know these cars have a good amount of heat coming up through the floor.

garys 68

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Not a camaro, but I put VA in my 68 corvette. They substituted the serpentine compressor and refunded the SBC bracket since I was using an LS motor. Very impressed with the product, price, and customer service.
VA sells an LS kit with a high passenger side compressor. Kwik sells a bracket too. I just made my own bracket.
My only complaint was they seem to have a min shipping charge. I think I spent $14 shipping on a $15 extra vent. So buy parts locally. Also substitute the trinary switch if you're using additional electric fans.
Btw, mine is not hooked to the computer, I do notice a little rough idle at times with the AC on.

flyinsquirel

That's wierd. I just talked to Vintage last week and the tech told me the only mount the have for an LS1 put the pump down low on the passenger side. He told me it wouldn't work on a first gen Camaro, I would have to get an aftermarket mount.

Is the high mount only available for truck LS motor accesories maybe?

garys 68

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Vintage air frontrunner
http://www.vintageair.com/ls.asp

flyinsquirel

Sorry, I thought you meant they offered a compressor mount by itself. I did see that, but it's way out of my budget.

Here's a detailed Vintage Gen IV install in a 68 vert i found sometime ago that might be helpfull to others

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=133176

themachasy

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Can you use a stock truck/ls ac compressor with the VA setups?

garys 68

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The LS compressor is a variable displacement that's controlled by the cars computer. The sanden VA compressor is a clutch typed controlled by the VA system. VA says the 2 wont work together, others have tried with mixed results. You can get a sanden mount for the original location from:

http://www.hhclassic.com/scripts/Par...lle&KeyNo=1471