Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: cudabitten]
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06/09/13 11:06 AM
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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.
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: cudabitten]
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06/09/13 11:24 AM
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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?
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: scratchnfotraction]
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06/09/13 11:27 AM
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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!!!
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: screamindriver]
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06/10/13 01:56 PM
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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.
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
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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...
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: screamindriver]
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06/10/13 09:51 PM
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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.
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: cudabitten]
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06/11/13 09:43 PM
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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..
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: BDW]
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06/11/13 11:30 PM
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Without a doubt, ADD it! And switch over to the Sanden compressor
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Shoulda put it back on mine after the resto, with the Sanden. Woulda been more like original.
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: cudabitten]
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06/12/13 10:05 AM
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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!!
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: screamindriver]
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06/12/13 02:24 PM
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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
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Re: Car came w a/c, should I put it back in?
[Re: Silver70]
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06/12/13 04:50 PM
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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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