thesoundandthefury

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I'm building a SBC for my Z. 400 block .060 over with a 327 crank. (358). LT1 intake has been modded to fit AFR 195 heads. I'm getting close to having this thing ready to put in, but right now I'm at the stage where I need to make a decision about accessories. I've already decided that I'm going to run an electric water pump. Because of this, I'm REALLY limited on aftermarket bracket setups that will accomodate all three stock accessories and are configured to run without utilizing a water pump pulley. (Not to mention having the accessories situated to fit the tight 4th Gen engine compartment.) If I decided to just delete the A/C altogether, how much do you think this would hurt the street/resale value of my car?

jrp

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yes, it will, to the general public. alot of people wont touch a car w/o a/c considering they see 90+ temps on some days. how much of a loss, i couldnt tell you.

FWIW my a/c is gone, but my car isnt a daily driver.

BizZzatch350

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Your case is different, your not going to get any thing for the car if you sell it, you'll lose your ***, so if it has a/c wont matter much in the grand scheme of things. Your either going to eat it selling it whole or try to get some thing back by parting it and selling the chasis. How ever on a car with working a/c and a Lt1, yeah its stupid, no a/c kills value. But your case is different, if your worried about loosing money when selling it, dont know what to say

romoranger

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in arizona take 1500 off the price for a car with no a/c

00Z-28-LT1

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bizzzatch350 is correct, once you get to a point like you are or will be, if you ever try to sell the car it will seem like you just pissed away all the money and time you put in it. fwiw, i dont have an ac in my car, took the hole system out....

dhdenney

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A 400 in a 4th gen Z isn't going to have a resale value anyway. Might as well take A/C out.

thesoundandthefury

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A 400 in a 4th gen Z isn't going to have a resale value anyway.


Really, why?

00Z-28-LT1

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no body knows... mostly because this is a non return investment, pretty much for fun only

CONVERTED

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well why would you yank it unless it's an all out race car??? How much does the whole system weigh? then how much do you front seats weigh??? Your spare tire, the carpet, the insulation, your speakers, how about your hood? How about yourself??? yeah you can loose weight and make up for your a/c

Cuz if your removing for weight reduction I can think of alot of other things that weigh a ton... also you are aware your A/c turns off at WOT right??? Also there is a switch that allows you to turn it off :0. So I just dont' understand unless it's an all out race car why you would remove it??? or you live way up north where 80 is your high in the summer. Also the drag in turning the A/c while not engaged can't be costing you more than 1hp... So... I can think of other things to make up for the a/c and keep my comfort in the blazin summer.

thesoundandthefury

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Alright, it looks like by the responses posted here that my suspicions have been confirmed. On that note, after doing alot of research on options for an accessory/bracket setup that will allow me to utilize an electric water pump, I've narrowed it down to two choices:


http://www.carolinarodshop.com/Store.../lt1_parts.htm


AND


http://www.hotrodlane.cc/ (Page 50 Picture "G" of their online catalog.)


Which setup would you go with?

By the way thanks for all the feedback.

dhdenney

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Cuz it's not original. It's like a numbers matching thing in older cars. Look on Ebay, guys have put $60,000+ in their cars and they *might* bring just under half that. I've spent probably $30,000 on my car and I would expect it to resale for less than $10,000 and is why mine will always be mine. You'd have to find the right person to buy to get a good resale value on a big mod like switching to a GEN1 motor.

CrawlinWS6

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if you plan on selling your car, why mod it, and don't remove the a/c. If you are not planning on modding it, do what you please, But a sweaty *** is never fun, (duck butter)

blind527

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How many people have their A/C out in their daily drivers? I acidentally cut my A/C line while I was taking off my AIR system. I was thinking about ditching it. I don't use the A/C much, to be honest with you. Only if it's really hot out and my car was in the sun and I have to cool it off. But I never use the A/C. How much does the A/C system weigh? I'm really thinking about it, but I don't have the cash to get a A/C delete pulley, or get a new A/C line that I had cut.