RE: AC ramoval WAS:hot days in the valley/starting problems

[Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>]

Alex Ting wrote:
>
>was I an idiot for taking my AC out? (don't answer, rhetorical 
>question)
>

Rhetorical questions have answers too!!

No you were not an ididot for taking out the AC.  The only thing that 
should have been affected is your comfort level. It sound like you are 
more worried about the abuse your car is taking in the heat. Having the 
AC there would only tempt you to use it, and then you would really be 
punishing your engine. Taking it out, you cleared a path for air to the 
radiator, as well as reducing weight. I think your car is thanking you 
for sacrificing comfort so that it could live easier. 

while typing that I just thought of something. When removing the AC 
condenser, were there big spaces on either side of the radiator for air 
to flow by? That could be causing problems, in that a bunch of air is 
going around the radiator instead of through it. I think Meze made a 
"baffle" to stop the air flowing around his radiator. I belive he said 
that temps dropped afterward. dunno, ask him.

anyway, HTH

Jonas 
85 Scirocco


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