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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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Anyone ever done an A/C delete on their ls4? any gains to it? is there a bypass bracket needed or can it just be removed and the belt shortened(buy a smaller belt)?
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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I believe StealthV8 has. Entirely too hot for that here...
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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hopefully he will chime in and give me a little info on this lol
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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i take it him or you live in a colder place than JP and I
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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Stealth lives in Canada.
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ummm i might be giving away some info here lol but i used a custom bracket with pully, i couldn't find the right size belt (for now), couldn't find any none a/c ls4s and the dumb dealership couldn't find me anything but i'm still looking for it so i can drop the drag of the fake pully, I have no #'s but if you know how to launch it, you will feel a difference. It may not be worth losing the a/c for some but i never really used it anyways.
I was thinking about doing this for awhile and then after storing the car last winter the a/c went out so thats when i yanked it. I just got to get rid of that fake pully lol, thats my mission for this winter, i'm going to try a couple belts that look close to what i need.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 07:34 AM
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im just gonna do a serpentine belt delete
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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ummm i might be giving away some info here lol but i used a custom bracket with pully, i couldn't find the right size belt (for now), couldn't find any none a/c ls4s and the dumb dealership couldn't find me anything but i'm still looking for it so i can drop the drag of the fake pully, I have no #'s but if you know how to launch it, you will feel a difference. It may not be worth losing the a/c for some but i never really used it anyways.
I was thinking about doing this for awhile and then after storing the car last winter the a/c went out so thats when i yanked it. I just got to get rid of that fake pully lol, thats my mission for this winter, i'm going to try a couple belts that look close to what i need.
so can i run just a smaller belt and remove the compressor out of the way? or do i need a bracket?
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you should be able to run a smaller belt i just couldn't find the right size. Let me know please if you find one.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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will do, where are you exactly in ontario, im close to the ottawa area.
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