275hptbirdsc
Registered User
Ive heard of people removing the air conditioning from their cars for performance purposes what does it do besides reduce weight?
It doesn't matter how much the unit itself weighs. You have to remember to add the weight you lose now that you're sweating your arse off....
Ira
Thats the thing I have maybe used my air conditioner twice in all of my cars put together. I prefer the windows down and the sunroof open. But I may be kicking myself when the Iowa summer comes and its 110 degress in the shade
Also, if you delete all the AC related stuff, it makes changing plugs on the car a lot easier.
I removed 1/3 of the bottom fins on my condenser. I haven't got the car together yet but I'm interested to see if will help the intercooler/radiator and if the a/c works close to capacity. I was going to get the custom condenser but I'm going try this first. I thought by keeping the freon capacity the same might be better even though the bottom fins are removed.
Beg to differ on the above post,the condensor in these cars is plenty huge and mine blows ice cubes after being converted.
Not the best go-fast attitude, daily drivers or not. 100 lbs. is actually considered a good drop in weight. You'd be a fool to think you can save all your weight on 1 or 2 things. You have to nickel and dime the weight down so to speak. 80 lbs. deleting AC here, 30 lbs. with a lighter battery there (these low compression v6 motors don't need 5,000,000,000 CCA!!!), 35-45 lbs. with a fiberglass hood (I really have no idea), a few weight drops down the line you're actually at a half decent weight. I'm sorry but these cars at 3900 lbs are unacceptable to me. Unless it hits over 100* F consistantly where you reside, I say tough it out, who needs AC anyways? I've never really used it much the past several years and I've been plenty comfortable.
I'm joining the AC delete club this year without doubt.