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Question on AC condensors, can they be run in series? |
boxsterfan |
Aug 4 2015, 09:25 PM
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914's are kewl Group: Members Posts: 1,776 Joined: 6-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 791 Region Association: Northern California |
Suppose a crazy person was thinking of A/C in their 914. Could such a crazy person run condensors in series behind the fog light grills?
Basically, the refrigerant (R134) would come from the compressor all the way up to the right front under the headlight, go through a condensor, come out of that condensor across the front of trunk, into a second condensor under the left head light area, and then back out to a receiver/dryer and through the rest of the system. Obviously, there are some cuts you need to make in the front area behind the fog light grills, the condensors have to be small enough to fit under the headlights when close and for good enough air flow you have to have cut holes in the front wheel well behind the condensors. I know someone on this board mounted some oil coolers in these locations (can't find the thread). 914 A/C reference from http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=192917&hl= (thanks dlee6204). |
boxsterfan |
Aug 8 2015, 12:18 PM
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914's are kewl Group: Members Posts: 1,776 Joined: 6-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 791 Region Association: Northern California |
I was reading about compressor mounting in another thread and then stumbled across electric compressors.
I believe McMark has found alternators (GM brand?) at 150 Amp(or even bigger) that mount in the type IV like original. On my rebuild, I am definitely planning to go with a larger than stcok alternator and had pretty much settled on at least this size. So given a big enough alternator, I could mount an electric compressor up front and keep the whole system contained within the front trunk. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Need to make sure I run the extra wires during the rebuild of the car, but that's easy to do when it's all apart anyway. I'll probably run a custom setup of some extra wires through the tunnel for any future modiciations anyway. |
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