Looks great man!
I was going to delete my AC, but i didnt, i liked it too much after i got it charged.
I got rid of my smog stuff, but left the actual pump there as a idler pulley, it doesnt do anything.
also u should notice a good difference JUST in the headers, the stock headers make some backpressure which hinders your camshaft, since it has more overlap and the backpressure kind of keeps the air from coming in during the overlap. With the better headers, less backpressure and the air will come right on in and take advantage of the overlap instead of being held back by the back pressure.
alot of cars are designed to run with some backpressure. You can really only take advantage of no backpressure when you have a bigger cam.
I was going to delete my AC, but i didnt, i liked it too much after i got it charged.
I got rid of my smog stuff, but left the actual pump there as a idler pulley, it doesnt do anything.
also u should notice a good difference JUST in the headers, the stock headers make some backpressure which hinders your camshaft, since it has more overlap and the backpressure kind of keeps the air from coming in during the overlap. With the better headers, less backpressure and the air will come right on in and take advantage of the overlap instead of being held back by the back pressure.
alot of cars are designed to run with some backpressure. You can really only take advantage of no backpressure when you have a bigger cam.
I love it reliving my yonger years when i was 17 i took my a/c off because with my surging idle it would stall the car every time i cam to a stop when. I lasted one summer .. One of the stupidest thing i ever did was sweat me A$$ off for no reason. A couple lbs. and a hp or 2 you'll never notice it.
Ps. Trust me dont get rid of any a/c parts you will miss it
Ps. Trust me dont get rid of any a/c parts you will miss it
795.0pacecar said:
I think a lot of people don't like them cause they look really restrictive. On a mostly stock motor, even one with some bolt ons, they don't restrict the exhaust flow enough to cause a bottleneck.
I went through many FL summers with no AC in my 91 5.0, 5 to be exact, and I don't want to do it again. Of course I was 21 and broke so fixing it wasn't an option. When the AC went out in my 93 during the winter it was OK but when summer came it got fixed.
Mob,
Ya gotta let me know when your headin out to the track after you get the p heads on the car. I wanna see how it runs. Let me know if you need any help with the install. I was there about 9 months ago.
Mob... you live in florida, no? Why did you delete your A/C? Thats liek your best frienmd in the heat lol. I can't even survive the NYC summers W/O A/C. good work anyway, and good luck lol. The stud, I kno its a sever PITA. i just usde channel locks on the boy of the stud to remove it then i droppped everything and slid the stud out.... annoying yea, but its not too bad.
Deleting my a/c was the worst thing I did to my 88. Its great for losing a little weight, more room in the engine compartment, cleaner looking, etc... But when you have to use it as a daily driver it sucks. In the summer time you sweat your balls off, when it rains the windows have to come up, and your defroster no longer works so you windshield fogs up.