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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 11:35 PM
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Question removing A/C ??

first off...how hard is it and what all do you have to take off??
second, do you gain any power..?
and what belt do you use after...
and what is the total weight savings.....

any answers would help...thanks...!!
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 01:15 AM
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Shouldnt take more than about 30 minutes.....you wont need a belt..its on its own pulley..I would say about 30lbs in savings
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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It all depends on what a/c componets you want to remove. I went ahead and removed everything on my car, to take the accumulator/compressor/and the lines loose your looking at about 30 minutes to an hour and you would probably lose 20-30lbs. Its not that hard to do, a few of the bolts on the compressor are hard to get at but other than thats its nothing major. My condensor will be coming out when i do my h/c install and that will probably be another 10lbs. or so. I also went ahead and removed my e-core as well as the heater core. This is where it gets time consuming as you have to pull out the entire dash to get the cores out, and the box that the e-core is in is a real PITA to get out. These componets probably shaved off another 10lbs, and not to mention a much cleaner looking engine bay.
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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but when your spinning one less pulley dont you need a shorter belt?
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by M6HuggerSS
but when your spinning one less pulley dont you need a shorter belt?
its a totally different belt man.
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 03:27 PM
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Yeah the compressor runs off of its own belt, you don't have to do anything else then just remove the a/c stuff you don't want.
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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thanks guys....anyone got a digram or pic of complete a/c system for a refrence?
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