AC removed out of Fire Wall
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AC removed out of Fire Wall I figured I would post this in here, since this is kinda custom work, and it was done using a Dremel.
I was sitting at work today, nothing going on, so I started looking into what I can tear out of the car. I have it parked at work eventhough it has no Engine in it. I took out the Dremel and started cutting some more stuff out. Having no Engine made this job alot easier. I left everything on the inside intact, so all pieces can be bolted in where they were, and the Heat will still work. I am going to bolt a piece of Aluminum sheet metal in the spot where this was and seal it in. This will clean up the Engine bay real well.
As far as the weight savings, this was like maybe 2 lbs, but I had the Engine out already, so might as well do this while I have the room. It was all useless pieces.
I was sitting at work today, nothing going on, so I started looking into what I can tear out of the car. I have it parked at work eventhough it has no Engine in it. I took out the Dremel and started cutting some more stuff out. Having no Engine made this job alot easier. I left everything on the inside intact, so all pieces can be bolted in where they were, and the Heat will still work. I am going to bolt a piece of Aluminum sheet metal in the spot where this was and seal it in. This will clean up the Engine bay real well.
As far as the weight savings, this was like maybe 2 lbs, but I had the Engine out already, so might as well do this while I have the room. It was all useless pieces.
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Looks like he wants to keep his heat. I took my HVAC out and it really cleaned it up, and put a piece of alluminum from the inside. I put a strip of foam that was sticky on one side around it to make a nice seal 
Originally Posted by the_merv
Yea, I still want the Heat, eventhough the LT's keep it nice and warm. I have to do a little more cutting, someone brought that up yesterday..
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Originally Posted by lethal93ta
I took mine out and got a plate from billingsley to cover the hole, Im going to order a heater unit that ill mount behind the dash that still uses coolent for a defogger.
do you have any pics of that, i want to do something with mine. the ET heads make it impossible to do anything on that side of the motor.
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From: bethel PA
Originally Posted by antz01ta
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do you have any pics of that, i want to do something with mine. the ET heads make it impossible to do anything on that side of the motor.
do you have any pics of that, i want to do something with mine. the ET heads make it impossible to do anything on that side of the motor.
