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Old 04-01-2008, 07:02 PM
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was wondering if anyone knew which blowers you can keep the a/c.. thanks for your help
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The F-1A has the same volute diameter as the P and D series of blowers, and it is only .38" longer.







The F-1A will work with air conditioning. Bob
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I love all the people that yank their A/C on street driven cars. I live in FL. My car has A/C or my car gets its' A/C fixed. Simple as that!
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thanks for the help... i live in mississippi and want to make sure i can keep my a/c because car is my dd
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Originally Posted by kwiksilverz28
I love all the people that yank their A/C on street driven cars. I live in FL. My car has A/C or my car gets its' A/C fixed. Simple as that!
Personally, I perfer to the have the top off and windows down on a nice sunny day Plus removing the AC saves a good 40 pounds of weight.

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Originally Posted by kwiksilverz28
I love all the people that yank their A/C on street driven cars. I live in FL. My car has A/C or my car gets its' A/C fixed. Simple as that!
No doubt. I have a vert but still need my A.C.
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Originally Posted by ls1290
Personally, I perfer to the have the top off and windows down on a nice sunny day Plus removing the AC saves a good 40 pounds of weight.

Keith
Agreed
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Originally Posted by Exotic Performance Plus
The F-1A has the same volute diameter as the P and D series of blowers, and it is only .38" longer.







The F-1A will work with air conditioning. Bob
would you recomend this blower on a street car with a forged 346, over the d1sc?

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Originally Posted by BLAKE 01 WS6
would you recomend this blower on a street car with a forged 346, over the disc?
It depends on how much power you want to get out of it, or what you might plan on doing with it in the future. A D-1SC at 16 psi is going to be maxed out, where an F-1A is in it's prime in that range. For me, I would go with the F-1A. It is louder but I'm lucky that my wife likes the sound! Bob
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Originally Posted by kwiksilverz28
I love all the people that yank their A/C on street driven cars. I live in FL. My car has A/C or my car gets its' A/C fixed. Simple as that!
People think I'm crazy because I'm cutting all sorts of things out of my 93, but leaving the AC. They just don't get it.

EDIT: Bob, what about a F2? I have no problems with standing my radiator up or cutting the shroud out completely to put a new one in.
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You could probably get it to fit with some work, like moving the radiator forward. But, don't forget about a key factor...keeping the car from overheating, especially in stop and go traffic in 95degree humid weather.

I have a thicker radiator and dual spal fans on my D1, and it's just at the edge of overheating in stop and go traffic. At that point I usually turn the ac off until I'm cruising again. I'd imagine the F1A will be much more difficult to keep from overheating during summertime stop and go traffic.

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Originally Posted by ls1290
Personally, I perfer to the have the top off and windows down on a nice sunny day Plus removing the AC saves a good 40 pounds of weight.

Keith
Great way to keep me from taking it off of my car. Now that I know 40bls is all I'll be saving in weight I'll just keep mine here in Texas we don't have the cool weather for very long down here maybe 2-3 months a year and the rest are hot and humid LOL! I run my A/C with out any issues had to make a few adjustments to keep the car cool while running the A/C all the time nothing big put all the air deflectors back in etc...



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