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Mowog4
post Jun 7 2016, 05:38 AM
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I am working on a Subie conversion and am trying to figure out AC. I live in the desert (Phoenix) so AC will add a lot of usability to the car. Ideally I would like to blow air through the existing vents. I have searched a lot on the forum and see a lot of starts, but few functioning units. I am traveling to Texas today so I am going to check out Vintage Air and Old Air Products to see what products they might recommend for me to modify. Plan two is to hit the Pick and Pulls and search for the most compact evaporator I can find.

Any help or general suggestions is greatly appreciated.
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post Aug 6 2016, 08:33 AM
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There is also another unit out there that a 914er started to work on, not sure if it was completed or not. I am calling you out Clay, where you not installing one in Betty's car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) looked like a clean install, with a wiper motor relocation. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Someone needs to figure this out before I (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) my front cabin firewall to fit a Vintage Air compact unit in. I have three of their units here to see if I can make one of them fit.

Under dash unit will fit just fine, just don't like the look, you know it was an after thought. I am thinking about trying to tuck this up in the cowl, then making new front duct section. It is vacuum based servos (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Have to move the ugly controls.

Micro unit, is just .5 to tall, can fix that with cutting the a section out and bumping the firewall down in that section behind the dash. Might take a slightly deeper cut to get duct work in place.

The Mini unit is to long to fit between the cowl supports, could move them.

I have also thought about, cutting one of them up, and moving the fan to a new location, and maybe clocking it, so it fits. It is all just ABS, should not be to hard to come up with something.

Way down the list for me of things for my build, but still in my plans for my 914.
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Mowog4   Air Conditioning   Jun 7 2016, 05:38 AM
Cairo94507   :popcorn: I am looking forward to this project thr...   Jun 7 2016, 06:41 AM
76-914   Just went thru this last year, Ed. I couldn't ...   Jun 7 2016, 07:46 AM
timothy_nd28   Thanks for taking this on. I also was going to pu...   Jun 7 2016, 09:31 AM
wes   :popcorn: I'll be watching to as would like t...   Jun 7 2016, 09:54 AM
whitetwinturbo   :popcorn: :smash: :popcorn:   Jun 7 2016, 10:33 AM
Chris914n6   There is a reason I'm going with custom made c...   Jun 7 2016, 02:34 PM
Mowog4   There is a reason I'm going with custom made ...   Jun 7 2016, 04:44 PM
wes   The thought just came to me maybe we should get Ma...   Jun 7 2016, 05:03 PM
Chris914n6   That's essentially what I did for the first on...   Jun 7 2016, 06:17 PM
draperjojo   Now if someone would design an effective condenser...   Jun 7 2016, 06:29 PM
MarkV   My car came with a/c and I replaced the compressor...   Jun 7 2016, 07:59 PM
Mowog4   My car came with a/c and I replaced the compresso...   Jun 7 2016, 10:25 PM
amfab   My car came with a/c and I replaced the compresso...   Aug 5 2016, 03:01 PM
MarkV   The problem is that the fan motor for the unit is ...   Jun 7 2016, 11:07 PM
Mowog4   The problem is that the fan motor for the unit is...   Jun 8 2016, 09:51 AM
76-914   Not trying to throw a wet towel on this subject bu...   Jun 8 2016, 09:30 AM
Mowog4   Not trying to throw a wet towel on this subject b...   Jun 8 2016, 09:55 AM
andys   You guys might take a look at rear AC units found ...   Jun 8 2016, 10:21 AM
ssuperflyoldguy   I suggest a Manhattan Project for the "best...   Jun 8 2016, 12:38 PM
timothy_nd28   The key thing is getting all this to fit inside th...   Jun 8 2016, 01:10 PM
mepstein   The key thing is getting all this to fit inside t...   Jun 8 2016, 01:19 PM
ssuperflyoldguy   The key thing is getting all this to fit inside t...   Jun 8 2016, 02:09 PM
timothy_nd28   would you be willing to write a check for a metal ...   Jun 8 2016, 02:05 PM
mepstein   would you be willing to write a check for a metal...   Jun 8 2016, 02:06 PM
dlee6204   The key thing is getting all this to fit inside t...   Jun 8 2016, 02:18 PM
914_teener   The key thing is getting all this to fit inside ...   Jun 9 2016, 06:50 PM
Chris914n6   I have to chuckle at these last few posts. Everyth...   Jun 8 2016, 04:09 PM
Mowog4   I have to chuckle at these last few posts. Everyt...   Jun 8 2016, 04:33 PM
timothy_nd28   Chris, I'm losing faith in your project. It...   Jun 8 2016, 06:40 PM
Chris914n6   You're going through all this trouble of maki...   Jun 11 2016, 03:19 PM
76-914   There are probably 3 or 4 members that could or ca...   Jun 9 2016, 04:13 PM
Mowog4   There are probably 3 or 4 members that could or c...   Jun 9 2016, 06:13 PM
MoveQik   You are absolutely correct, I am just too stupid...   Aug 5 2016, 03:53 PM
Mowog4   You are absolutely correct, I am just too stupi...   Aug 5 2016, 04:09 PM
jeffdon   I have played with British cars for years, I can...   Aug 6 2016, 09:11 AM
timothy_nd28   I have a friend that owns a small automotive repai...   Jun 11 2016, 04:44 PM
mgp4591   BIGKAT 83 designed and installed a Mustang II hybr...   Aug 5 2016, 03:37 PM
timothy_nd28   I found the pictures that Jerry West sent to me of...   Aug 5 2016, 04:51 PM
Mowog4   I found the pictures that Jerry West sent to me o...   Aug 5 2016, 05:07 PM
timothy_nd28   Notice the thermostatic expansion valve (TXV) hang...   Aug 5 2016, 05:40 PM
Mowog4   Notice the thermostatic expansion valve (TXV) han...   Aug 6 2016, 02:43 PM
McMark   I did one in Jamie Rust's car. And I'll be...   Aug 5 2016, 07:12 PM
Mowog4   I did one in Jamie Rust's car. And I'll b...   Aug 5 2016, 07:28 PM
Series9   I'm in the early planning stages for a custom ...   Aug 6 2016, 07:06 AM
914forme   There is also another unit out there that a 914er ...   Aug 6 2016, 08:33 AM
ClayPerrine   [quote name='914forme' date='Aug 6 201...   Aug 7 2016, 02:09 AM
914forme   The one I was working on was for my car, not Bet...   Aug 7 2016, 07:03 AM
Mowog4   Here is a car I saw on Youtube, it at least gives ...   Aug 7 2016, 12:45 AM
76-914   Under dash unit will fit just fine, just don...   Aug 7 2016, 09:27 AM
914forme   Under dash unit will fit just fine, just don...   Aug 7 2016, 11:10 AM
Bob L.   Has anybody tried to build one into the space take...   Aug 7 2016, 09:52 PM
Steve   Has anybody tried to build one into the space tak...   Aug 7 2016, 10:14 PM
amfab   I was wondering if a cool-only system could be cus...   Aug 9 2016, 12:45 PM
amfab   I measured the console and drew up an idea I had, ...   Aug 10 2016, 08:24 PM
Mowog4   I measured the console and drew up an idea I had,...   Aug 11 2016, 04:47 PM
914forme   I found this, it is one of the Ebay condensersevap...   Aug 11 2016, 06:42 PM
Mowog4   I found this, it is one of the Ebay condensers, i...   Aug 11 2016, 06:59 PM
914forme   I found this, it is one of the Ebay condensers, ...   Aug 11 2016, 07:28 PM
Steve   [quote name='Mowog4' post='2383804' date='Aug 11 ...   Aug 11 2016, 10:41 PM
ClayPerrine   I found this, it is one of the [url=http://www.eb...   Aug 11 2016, 08:30 PM
914_teener   Guys.....evaporators and condensors are not the sa...   Aug 11 2016, 07:40 PM
Mowog4   Guys.....evaporators and condensors are not the s...   Aug 11 2016, 10:01 PM
914_teener   Guys.....evaporators and condensors are not the ...   Aug 12 2016, 11:37 AM
Mowog4   [quote name='Mowog4' post='2383880' date='Aug 11 ...   Aug 12 2016, 10:42 PM
914_teener   [quote name='Mowog4' post='2383880' date='Aug 11...   Aug 13 2016, 03:32 PM
Mowog4   I am running the Renegade Cooling kit, it has two ...   Aug 13 2016, 06:34 PM
914forme   Sorry I fixed my miss use of part name in my previ...   Aug 11 2016, 07:53 PM
914_teener   :beer2: It.s ok....I.m not trying to troll. Hope...   Aug 11 2016, 08:00 PM
914forme   No offense taken. Some times my brain might think...   Aug 11 2016, 08:10 PM
timothy_nd28   This may be silly, but one could mount a shitload ...   Aug 11 2016, 08:55 PM
Bob L.   This may be silly, but one could mount a shitload...   Aug 11 2016, 09:14 PM
timothy_nd28   It's a neat device called a TEC or peltier coo...   Aug 11 2016, 09:55 PM
Mowog4   It's a neat device called a TEC or peltier co...   Aug 12 2016, 09:12 AM


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