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Here let me take a couple pictures and maybe a visual give you a better idea of what I'm talking about and I'll explain more...I’m curious, if you mount the evaporator that far back, will you get enough cold air up front?
Here let me take a couple pictures and maybe a visual give you a better idea of what I'm talking about and I'll explain more...I’m curious, if you mount the evaporator that far back, will you get enough cold air up front?
Check out this thread from HemiDennyOf course on my V8 I want to mount it in the power steering area. All of the aftermarket stuff I see wants to put it in the original spot for AC up on top of the motor which definitely will not satisfy me... My idea as of now is to get those brackets and bolt them to the compressor and get the power steering brackets without the pump and mount those to the engine. Then in some fashion weld the two together to make one. Tack them into place down on the engine and then weld them up grind them and paint them... I'm really looking forward to having it down low and out of the way. Again making it able to pop the belt off the front of the pulley when I don't need it.. having both the lines going straight out the fender wall on the driver side and tucked up out of the way and un-noticed...
OK you're nuts. LOLI'm looking for people to poke holes on my plan so it doesn't blow up in my face...
yes if you look through the thread this has been quoted a couple times already. And I've commented on it as well.Check out this thread from HemiDenny
Sandin A/C and compact P/S pump brackets
I guess what do you see going wrong?..OK you're nuts. LOL
But it is fun to follow.
Keep posting
Yeah that's a bad day! LOL 85-86 I don't even want to leave the house!...a lot of cars come with rear air now a days but you're in oregon, what's it get upto 85', 86' on a bad day?
come down here in early september, you'll never think it's hot there againYeah that's a bad day! LOL 85-86 I don't even want to leave the house!...
I live down there for a couple years when I was a kid in the San Fernando valley I went to sepulveda Junior high...come down here in early september, you'll never think it's hot there again
Drive belt alignmentI guess what do you see going wrong?..
I'll try and tackle this one at a time here..Drive belt alignment
A/C pulley belt contact patch, may need to use an idler in the system.
Routing those long *** A/C hoses
Cold air flow coming from the rear to the front of the cabin
Amperage requirements
It's like prototyping a complete A/C system, that's tough from any angle.
Last famous words by Someone?I'll try and tackle this one at a time here..
I should have at least a complete half circle as I'm going to use the front pulley on the drive pulley just likethe power steering gets as I'm putting it in the power steering location. Not like the Factory location where it just got a quarter contact...
Running the hoses inside the driver's fender like I have a lot of my electrical coming in behind the dash running down under the carpet by the high beam switch and under the carpet along the driver side between the seat and door jamb under the rear seat and pop out behind the rear seat..
I covered how the air should be able to get into the front of the cabin as it's going to be blowing right on my right elbow in post 52..
also I'm very confident I have plenty of amperage I have at least 63 from the alternator and all I'm running is a few lit gauges the fuel pump and MSD and the fan which probably add up to about 30..
Honestly I don't really see the AC drawing over 20...
anything else anybody can think of would love to hear it as I've done at least a half-a-dozen crazy things like this to my car and I always post threads asking questions long before I purchase anything and then inevitably get 20 people telling I told you so about things that was never mentioned....
Agreed, the last thing you want to do is tell me that I can't....Sounds very unique. Will be interesting to see how it turns out. Whenever someone tells me something can’t be done, it only spurs me on that much more....
I've noticed with all the things that I've done for the first time and you know I post all my intentions up first that the people who doubt me the most are the people who don't have the skills to try it themselves and are not confident...Last famous words by Someone?
"It all looks good on paper"
All I'm going to do is keep hitting the agree button..I have the advantage of being dumb enough that I don’t know certain things can’t or shouldn’t be done so I get them done anyway.....
Oh I am not doubting you or your skill level.I've noticed with all the things that I've done for the first time and you know I post all my intentions up first that the people who doubt me the most are the people who don't have the skills to try it themselves and are not confident...
Again I've done at least a half-a-dozen first time things whether it be one-off or first time for me that people said couldn't be done or won't turn out right... They all were done and they all turned out right...
BUT... This could be the time that I have the $500 flop LOL....
I know things come out wrong via this writing stuff and not being there in place but I didn't think you doubted me...Oh I am not doubting you or your skill level.
I am confident that you will get the job done.
Years back it sounds like something I would have tackled.
Per your request I was just pointing out a few of the bums in the road.
Put your head down and go for it.
My Barracuda has a factory A/C system otherwise I would be right there with ya redesigning the wheel.
Good luck we'll all be watching
You don't have enough horsepower to turn the compressor. LOLWell hells bells we've been in the mid-70s for some time now.. I'll regret it if I don't get it by August though..
It very much looks like he has a vast fabrication arsenal at his disposal...LOL...