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Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? #1449789 06/09/13 10:52 AM 06/09/13 10:52 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 958 eastern, pa. C cudabitten OP super stock
cudabitten OP super stock C Joined: May 2008 Posts: 958 eastern, pa.	Hey my 74 cuda came with A/C. I need to determine soon if I will re-install it. I dont really want the extra clutter and wieght in the engine bay. I never really used the a/c back in the day anyway. I just dont want to regret it. I was thinking maybe just install the condenser up front and the evaporator in the heater box so I could always install the rest later? What do you guys think?

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449790 06/09/13 10:59 AM 06/09/13 10:59 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,654 Southern by Choice S Shoozy I have a foot fetish
Shoozy I have a foot fetish S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,654 Southern by Choice	My is to use it. I don't know your age but as we "advance" it's a lot more enjoyable cruising with A/C than sweating and stuck to a vinyl seat. Assuming you're not racing it and looking to shave every pound my opinion is to install it and don't look back. Old, tired, and sometimes broke down. Me, not my car...

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: Shoozy] #1449791 06/09/13 11:05 AM 06/09/13 11:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: My is to use it. I don't know your age but as we "advance" it's a lot more enjoyable cruising with A/C than sweating and stuck to a vinyl seat. X10 I'm dying for A/C! A person could swap aluminum components like manifold/pump housing etc to make up for the weight. I took up jogging & became a vegan (gradually) & lost more weight than swapping to headers/alum manifold & even stealth heads combined . I felt better & even more importantly the car went faster live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449792 06/09/13 11:06 AM 06/09/13 11:06 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida S scratchnfotraction I Live Here
scratchnfotraction I Live Here S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida	Quote: Hey my 74 cuda came with A/C. I need to determine soon if I will re-install it. I dont really want the extra clutter and wieght in the engine bay. I never really used the a/c back in the day anyway. I just dont want to regret it. I was thinking maybe just install the condenser up front and the evaporator in the heater box so I could always install the rest later? What do you guys think? a/c is nice but expensive for my budget///so i cant miss what I never had.

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449793 06/09/13 11:24 AM 06/09/13 11:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,437 Omaha Nebraska Brian_wo master
Brian_wo master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,437 Omaha Nebraska	I used to pull that stuff off and throw it away! What an idiot! We are talking about adding ac to the RR and looking at buying a second vert and putting ac in it. who is that guy?

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: scratchnfotraction] #1449794 06/09/13 11:27 AM 06/09/13 11:27 AM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,978 USA S Suregrip391 top fuel
Suregrip391 top fuel S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,978 USA	I'm all for AC myself. The one thing I could never understand about some posts here on moparts is that "usually" when discussing a car , most folks here always say " nice car ... But too bad it has AC " Why is that a bad thing? Are the AC haters racers? Just performance minded? I'd be curious to know.... But yes!! I'd install it!!!

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: Suregrip391] #1449795 06/09/13 01:41 PM 06/09/13 01:41 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida	Without a doubt, ADD it! And switch over to the Sanden compressor

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: BDW] #1449796 06/09/13 02:15 PM 06/09/13 02:15 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 958 eastern, pa. C cudabitten OP super stock
cudabitten OP super stock C Joined: May 2008 Posts: 958 eastern, pa.	Pictures of your scale? Hope its calibrated..

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449797 06/10/13 12:35 AM 06/10/13 12:35 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,196 Harrisburg, Pa. screamindriver master
screamindriver master Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,196 Harrisburg, Pa.	Nothing worse than an A/C car with empty holes or capped hoses on a "restored" car...Makes the car look cheap and incomplete no matter how nice it's finished...

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: screamindriver] #1449798 06/10/13 01:56 PM 06/10/13 01:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 18,582 Rust Belt, SW PA Silver70 I Live Here
Silver70 I Live Here Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 18,582 Rust Belt, SW PA	My car came with ac however I didn't want to reinstall it yet. Mostly because I didn't want to spend the money now... so mine will get blocked off. I personally hate ac, no matter how hot, give me a headache However, if I sell it, ac will help out later. I also recommend going with an under hood kit like buchillion sells. 68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert 340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z 66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: Shoozy] #1449799 06/10/13 02:10 PM 06/10/13 02:10 PM
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RSNOMO Moparts Torchbearer R Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 18,880 -	Quote: I don't know your age but as we "advance" it's a lot more enjoyable cruising with A/C than sweating and stuck to a vinyl seat. (And this is coming from Georgia)... Absolutely install the A/C... This is from someone who's made runs of 10 hours plus over the years... And crawled on Woodward... Everything on mine but the evaporator was gone, so I didn't, but I sure do regret it... According to the 'price guides'. it adds value to the car... Resto shop guys I know say A/C is requested more and more... NO REASON not to, unless yer playing stoplight tag...

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: screamindriver] #1449800 06/10/13 09:51 PM 06/10/13 09:51 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 958 eastern, pa. C cudabitten OP super stock
cudabitten OP super stock C Joined: May 2008 Posts: 958 eastern, pa.	Quote: Nothing worse than an A/C car with empty holes or capped hoses on a "restored" car...Makes the car look cheap and incomplete no matter how nice it's finished... Point taken.

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449801 06/10/13 10:15 PM 06/10/13 10:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,894 Mira Loma, CA 69B3GT top fuel
69B3GT top fuel Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,894 Mira Loma, CA	The only reason I ditched the AC in my dart was im on a TIGHT budget and trying to go fast. So it was weight I didnt need. With that being said, if I were building a cruiser, it would have AC. no questions asked.

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449802 06/11/13 09:43 PM 06/11/13 09:43 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,196 Harrisburg, Pa. screamindriver master
screamindriver master Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,196 Harrisburg, Pa.	Quote: Quote: Nothing worse than an A/C car with empty holes or capped hoses on a "restored" car...Makes the car look cheap and incomplete no matter how nice it's finished... Point taken. You could design your system to look great and not cost a fortune...Most the aftermarket AC companies use a bunch of standardized parts in the kits that you could find cheap if you look...Here's the system I designed on my cuda using different parts and vendor's stuff...Clears the shaker and brought all the lines out on the passenger side..

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: BDW] #1449803 06/11/13 11:30 PM 06/11/13 11:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,168 Vancouver, WA MoparMarq super stock
MoparMarq super stock Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,168 Vancouver, WA	Quote: Without a doubt, ADD it! And switch over to the Sanden compressor x2 Shoulda put it back on mine after the resto, with the Sanden. Woulda been more like original.

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449804 06/12/13 02:58 AM 06/12/13 02:58 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,399 Aurora, Colorado 451Mopar master
451Mopar master Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,399 Aurora, Colorado	If your going to have it as a street car, the A/C is nicer as you get older. It is a pain to try finding all the parts removed if you take it off now and try to put it back at a later date. Vintage Air has full E-Body kits for less than $800. I think Classic Air is about the same cost? I am planning on putting A/C on the Convertible, but it is going to take some time (and $$$$). I'm looking at doing a custom setup using the Vintage Air unit, and the Billet Specialties Tru-Trac system. The Tru-Trac is expensive, about $3K and comes with a Sanden SD-7 A/C Compressor.

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: cudabitten] #1449805 06/12/13 10:05 AM 06/12/13 10:05 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	How old are you? Of course I took it off my cars years ago. But back in 2006 I put it back on both of my cars. Used all Bouchinlon stuff under the front hood and all stock stuff inside the car. It works beautifully. One of my cars are black and I have taken it out west many times during the summer, AC is so nice. My wife would not even get in my black car without it nowadays. Vegas last July it was 115 degrees, I think you would have died without it out there. 3 weeks ago we were in Fla and cruised the car for hours on the beach at 10 mph with the windows down and the AC on. It would have been too hot to cruise 10mph without AC in a black car. My AC is always on all summer long whether the windows are up or down. So worth it!! It was still 95 degrees this night at 11 at night and was over 100 this day and we drove close to 200 miles during the day in the Serra mountains all around Lake Tahoe, what a day!!

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: Challenger 1] #1449806 06/12/13 12:11 PM 06/12/13 12:11 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida	Must have in FL, the humidity is a killer too!

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: screamindriver] #1449807 06/12/13 02:24 PM 06/12/13 02:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 18,582 Rust Belt, SW PA Silver70 I Live Here
Silver70 I Live Here Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 18,582 Rust Belt, SW PA	Quote: Quote: Quote: Nothing worse than an A/C car with empty holes or capped hoses on a "restored" car...Makes the car look cheap and incomplete no matter how nice it's finished... Point taken. You could design your system to look great and not cost a fortune...Most the aftermarket AC companies use a bunch of standardized parts in the kits that you could find cheap if you look...Here's the system I designed on my cuda using different parts and vendor's stuff...Clears the shaker and brought all the lines out on the passenger side.. How about a parts list? Make it easy on us

Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in? [Re: Silver70] #1449808 06/12/13 04:50 PM 06/12/13 04:50 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,727 Florida	More info here https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...&PHPSESSID= I started with working AC car and the Sanden conversion cost was under $600. This is for a SB (340). * UPDATED * $95 Charge AC system with 134 $125 Custom made AC hoses using factory parts $45 AC Drier (33317) / Expansion Valve (3884) / Thread sealer $118 Sanden 4471 Compressor $142 Vintage Air bracket & WIX air filter (162774-SDA & 42044) $18 2 - Duralast 15575 belts $543 Total A/C System

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