Not your typical HVAC system., Looking for alternatives to conventional HVAC system. Options

[ahycaramba]

It's getting HOT and summer far from over. I'm looking for alternatives to a conventional HVAC system. I like the ideal of electronically run ac and heating system that will not rob power from the engine. I was wanting to know if anyone swapped HVAC system from an electric vehicle? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Thanks in advance.

[Literati914]

..; has anyone tried an alternate condensor to cutting the frunk floor?? Just wondered if there's scope to mount one in the engine lid (possibly a narrow condensor in a double 914-6 lid) and still isolate it from the hot engine compt air below - or is that just unrealistic??

I'd love to fit one but don't want to cut up the frunk?

If I remember @ClayPerrine mounted an AC condenser (from some model of 911?) under the engine lid with success.

Also - don't I remember some talk of someone adding AC to the inside of the fresh air box? Don't remember any of the details .. but that seems like a great idea if it could work. Me? I have two 914s that have both had the frunk floors cut for AC, but nothing else AC related - and I'm gonna have to have air in at least one!

[ClayPerrine]

..; has anyone tried an alternate condensor to cutting the frunk floor?? Just wondered if there's scope to mount one in the engine lid (possibly a narrow condensor in a double 914-6 lid) and still isolate it from the hot engine compt air below - or is that just unrealistic??

I'd love to fit one but don't want to cut up the frunk?

If I remember @ClayPerrine mounted an AC condenser (from some model of 911?) under the engine lid with success.

Also - don't I remember some talk of someone adding AC to the inside of the fresh air box? Don't remember any of the details .. but that seems like a great idea if it could work. Me? I have two 914s that have both had the frunk floors cut for AC, but nothing else AC related - and I'm gonna have to have air in at least one!

I added an additional condenser in series with the one in the front trunk. It is from an 911 SC, and it mounts to the engine lid. With the R134a conversion, it helped to lower evaporator output temps to the point I could get the inside of her car down to the high 70s on a 100+ degree Texas summer day. I didn't remove the original condenser, I just supplemented it.

It makes the engine lid require a prop rod, but it does make the AC nice and cold. But there is not room on the engine lid for a condenser big enough to handle the whole load, and it will make the engine run hotter too.