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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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I haven't really seen a good write up on a/c delete ever.

But at the same time it doesnt seem straight forward. Ive heard that you have to pull the engine to get it all out.

My a/c cracked a pipe and never worked right after even when vacuumed and filled. Im gonna try again this summer but if not, im taking it out.

I noticed that when i put in my stroker, it makes more heat and gets my interior hotter as well. When i put my a/c fans on, will it still blow relatively cool air in the interior or will that be gone as well?

How much weight am I looking at losing?

Any one want to put any input on whether or not I should delete it or not?
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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I did this earlier this year, the unit in the dash was really not that heavy, I did mine with the engine out, I could not imagine how much of a pita it would be with the engine in. Heres a link to when I did mine, hope this helps

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...-question.html
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 11:09 PM
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did mine with the engine in. just tore the black box to pieces. the weights are listed in the weight reduction sticky in the drag racing forum
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As far as the compressor is concerned, can i just remove it and remove the pulley to it? I dont need a delete pulley on an ls1, do i?
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there is no pully to remove, just pull the belt off
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Originally Posted by pHEnomIC
As far as the compressor is concerned, can i just remove it and remove the pulley to it? I dont need a delete pulley on an ls1, do i?
LS1s have a dedicated A/C belt, so just pull the compressor, idler and belt and your done.
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