should i remove my ac

92mustanggt509 · Jan 14, 2008

should i take my ac out? one of the lines broke when i swung it out of the way to do my heads and cam. i patched the little crack in the line. but i would need to get it recharged. is it worth it, it never really worked well anyways. i only will drive the car in the summer, and it doesnt rarely get over 100.

5.0Droptop · Jan 14, 2008

You can put it back on just as easy as it comes off.
So why not?

85_SS_302_Coupe · Jan 14, 2008

If you have a good working AC system, and you live where it gets hot, i wouldn't. I took mine off because it was beyond saving and because i never drive with the windows up if i can avoid it.

bloopbloob · Jan 14, 2008

i rarely used mine before. it got a leak, so i took it out rather than pay for a recharge. i'm happy - it really cleans up the engine bay, and removes 34lbs i believe....
when its really hot, windows down is comfortable enough for me

85_SS_302_Coupe · Jan 14, 2008

The only time i miss mine is in the dead of summer when i get stuck in traffic. Otherwise i wouldn't use it because i love having the windows down.

25thmustang · Jan 14, 2008

From someone who removed it and WILL put it back in, I say don't do it. Not worth the tenth off the 1/4 time you might get.

stykthyn · Jan 14, 2008

I live in FL, I dont think I could live without one. now if the heater on the other hand........

5.0Droptop · Jan 14, 2008

I am going to charge mine up this spring and see how it works. Its a little low right now.

sivart · Jan 14, 2008

im more worried about my car overheating then me bring hot. and wouldnt it help the rad flow better..air wise.? but if u never use it, take it out but save everything.

Darkwriter77 · Jan 14, 2008

I'm planning on yanking mine outta the Pervertible sometime this year. It gets up near 120*F sometimes in the dead of summer here, and I've always been able to cope with droppin' the top and wearing a cap to keep the sunlight off my noggin (or, back when I had the '89 notch, rolling down the windows and popping open the sunroof).

Y'all are just wussies.

I say go ahead and spend $40 on an A/C delete bracket, and yank that buncha dead weight outta there if you want, but don't burn your bridges - keep the parts intact when you do it (don't hack any lines), just in case you get a crazy urge to go putting it back in there later on ... or in case you feel like selling that pile of crap on eBay or Craigslist for some other poor schmuck bored/wealthy enough to bolt that mess into their Fox and pay for 134a recharges every year or so. Besides the weight savings, the whole benefit of not having that huge damned A/C compressor in the way when you go to adjust your timing or swap out your thermostat is a MAJOR bonus, plus the fact that taking the condensor out from in front of your radiator helps your stock radiator cool a bit more efficiently.

FrankenStang · Jan 14, 2008

Mine will be going bye bye too soon as I can afford an A/C delete kit.

92mustanggt509 · Jan 14, 2008

why not just do a shortbelt instead of the delete pulley? and how much is it to recharge the ac?

bloopbloob · Jan 14, 2008

92mustanggt509 said:
why not just do a shortbelt instead of the delete pulley? and how much is it to recharge the ac?

first, it won't work. second, it would be pointless. the compressor only steals like 2 hp. the only real reason to do one is for looks, weight reduction, and less stuff in the way for when you work on the car. a recharge up here is around $400 or more IIRC.... not sure if it matters what type of vehicle though. i just remember a friend telling me thats what it was going to cost for his SUV

92mustanggt509 · Jan 14, 2008

why wouldnt a shortbelt work, i already have one deleating the smog

Black1987Stang · Jan 14, 2008

The a/c doesn't rob any horespower as it gets turned off at WOT by the WOT relay, which is under my maf on my car. Instead of the a/c delete kit which I think looks horrible get the power steering relocation kit that brings the p/s pump up to where the compressor was, it cleans it up Alot. Sure the a/c weighs some lbs. but to me it's worth it. I took out my a/c mainly when I did my heater core n then when I did the motor swap. But after driving in NJ summers in Long Pants (for work) I bought a entire polished a/c setup, I just need a condensor....and I can get a recharge for $115 but I know the guy so maybe that's why. What about those cans of R134A that you get in like advance??

Beware some shops will take a little bit of refrigerant out when you get your car worked on so you will come back in the summer to get it checked out or recharged! Believe it or not. I know too many people that have told me their work does it or they know of ones that do it.

bloopbloob · Jan 15, 2008

92mustanggt509 said:
why wouldnt a shortbelt work, i already have one deleating the smog

clearance issues

Darkwriter77 · Jan 15, 2008

If you try to run a short belt to bypass the A/C with the stock A/C bracket in place, the belt will rub against itself going over the water pump pulley. I tried many, many different sizes of belts to try to rig this to work on the '89 notch I had, and at best I got 1/2" of clearance when I initially installed the belt; less than a week later, though, that clearance diminished to less than 1/8", and by the end of the month, it was rubbing itself to death.

If you're gonna do it, do it right and just buy an A/C delete bracket (along with a stock-sized non-A/C belt). Doesn't cost much, isn't that hard to install, and you won't have to worry about the bearing of a pulley wobbling itself apart ... which is what happened to that stupid UPR billet A/C delete pulley I had been running before, which was a waste of about $70. (FWIW, I managed to make the bracket work again by replacing the pulley with a large, regular 6-rib idler pulley and running a slightly shorter-than-stock belt to take up the slack from the smaller pulley. Still wish that I'd used an FRPP A/C delete bracket, though.)

strtrcr50 · Jan 15, 2008

25thmustang said:
From someone who removed it and WILL put it back in, I say don't do it. Not worth the tenth off the 1/4 time you might get.

My last vert didn't have it and it drove me nuts. This one does and all it needed was 1 can from walmart(previous owner converted to 134a). Cost me $7 for the can and $5 for the filler hose. And I use it all the time.

svtpower · Jan 15, 2008

took mine out

I took mine out and never looked back.

I always drive with the windows down, I've never used AC in any Mustang I've ever owned.

It's a very minimal weight savings but it cleans up the engine bay.

I weighed mine when I removed it:

A/C Compressor 17 lbs
All other A/C lines and crap 9 lbs
For a grand total of 26 lbs

Flavadave4 · Jan 15, 2008

Depends on location, here in NY I can deal with the hot days. I refuse to drive my car with the windows up, if its that bad out I'll take my truck and crank the AC.

It really cleans up the engine bay IMO, thats why I got rid of it along with the smog pump.

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