Who has eliminated their AC?
Re: Who has eliminated their AC? Did it for a while. Make sure you plug the hose ends for the accumulator and compressor if you remove them. This will keep moisture out of the accumulator (dryer) and bad joojoo out of the compressor.
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? Yanked mine...fairly simple. Had to be if I did it. As far as power I doubt there is any to be gained though my ac and everything associated with it took off around 40lbs from my front end.
Re: Who has eliminated their AC? Mine took off 30#. I'll probably be putting it back on soon its starting to get hot here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? Mine's out, pump and coil. Seems that not having the coil in front of the radiator would make the car run cooler, but I'm not sure cause I haven't yet installed the temp gauge. BTW - if anyone's interested, the A/C stuff is for sale.
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? I`m ripping that A/C crap out. I would not have ordered it if GM would have given me the option. The only thing it is doing is adding weight to the front end and taking up a bunch of room! I`m trying to find out if the blower motor housing from a `94 F-body with the rare A/C delete option would fit in an LS1 engine bay. (I want to keep the heat functional.) I`m also wondering if the in-dash heat controls from an A/C delete car would work but I think the interior lay-out is different between the `93-`97 and the `98-`02 cars. Isn`t it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 02 Silver Z:
<strong>I`m ripping that A/C crap out. I would not have ordered it if GM would have given me the option. The only thing it is doing is adding weight to the front end and taking up a bunch of room! I`m trying to find out if the blower motor housing from a `94 F-body with the rare A/C delete option would fit in an LS1 engine bay. (I want to keep the heat functional.) I`m also wondering if the in-dash heat controls from an A/C delete car would work but I think the interior lay-out is different between the `93-`97 and the `98-`02 cars. Isn`t it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">After pulling out the A/C pump and coil, the heater still functions in my '99. I've heard that the defrosters won't function as well because of not blowing in conditioned air.
<strong>I`m ripping that A/C crap out. I would not have ordered it if GM would have given me the option. The only thing it is doing is adding weight to the front end and taking up a bunch of room! I`m trying to find out if the blower motor housing from a `94 F-body with the rare A/C delete option would fit in an LS1 engine bay. (I want to keep the heat functional.) I`m also wondering if the in-dash heat controls from an A/C delete car would work but I think the interior lay-out is different between the `93-`97 and the `98-`02 cars. Isn`t it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">After pulling out the A/C pump and coil, the heater still functions in my '99. I've heard that the defrosters won't function as well because of not blowing in conditioned air.
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 02 Silver Z:
<strong> I`m also wondering if the in-dash heat controls from an A/C delete car would work but I think the interior lay-out is different between the `93-`97 and the `98-`02 cars. Isn`t it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">they changed the layouts in 97 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
<strong> I`m also wondering if the in-dash heat controls from an A/C delete car would work but I think the interior lay-out is different between the `93-`97 and the `98-`02 cars. Isn`t it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">they changed the layouts in 97 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
Re: Who has eliminated their AC? Yea, I was pretty sure they changed the lay-out, but I wonder if they actually changed the control unit itself? As far as the heat/defroster not working, no big deal. I only use the heater to help suck some of the heat off the engine while I`m waiting in the staging lanes! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I figured if I had a blower motor housing from a non A/C car it would be much smaller. In theory anyway.
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? First of all let me say - YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!, LOL <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> . Or possibly you don't live in Texas like I do.
Bookerman, if you removed your AC and you live in Texas, you truly are insane... LOL. Let me guess black leather seats with black paint job...
Bookerman, if you removed your AC and you live in Texas, you truly are insane... LOL. Let me guess black leather seats with black paint job...
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? No way bro tan cloth seat only.Oh yeah I only drive it at night with the tops off of course. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> The focus <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> is the daily commuter.
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Re: Who has eliminated their AC? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by The Booker man:
<strong>No way bro tan cloth seat only.Oh yeah I only drive it at night with the tops off of course. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> The focus <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> is the daily commuter.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, maybe you're OK then. My SS is my daily driver and I do have black leather seats - at least I got the red paint job instead of black...
When my car is parked at work all day it gets friggin' HOT <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> in the summer Ha-ha-ha - wouldn't trade it for the world though, but I am definately NOT taking the AC out. EVER! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<small>[ May 31, 2002, 11:56 PM: Message edited by: Red2000SS ]</small>
<strong>No way bro tan cloth seat only.Oh yeah I only drive it at night with the tops off of course. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> The focus <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> is the daily commuter.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, maybe you're OK then. My SS is my daily driver and I do have black leather seats - at least I got the red paint job instead of black...
When my car is parked at work all day it gets friggin' HOT <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> in the summer Ha-ha-ha - wouldn't trade it for the world though, but I am definately NOT taking the AC out. EVER! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<small>[ May 31, 2002, 11:56 PM: Message edited by: Red2000SS ]</small>