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RE: 16V A/C removal, keeping power steering...
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Get rid of my AC!? In Texas!? Hell, if I could add 100lbs to the car
and get a car that stayed cool no matter what the outside temperature
without overheating, I would do it in a heartbeat! There are days I
swear it would be cooler to sit in the engine bay. I can't imagine
getting rid of a perfectly good AC.
The goal is to overcome the deliberate nature of the process.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Eric L Ellis
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:29 PM
> To: rapieper@yahoo.com
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: 16V A/C removal, keeping power steering...
>
>
> Dear Mr. Cheapass,
>
> I've experimented with the aluminum bracket (teardrop shaped) you
> speak of and I can tell you plainly..."It don't work so good!" The
> problem I've run into is finding an alternator with long enough
> ears at the pivot point to allow for adjustment. You bang the
> bracket, move up one
> centimeter, bang the lower plenum...thus you have floppy belt
> syndrome. I had access to hundreds of alternator configurations
> and didn't find one that would pump the amps AND allow for the
> adjustment.
>
> Why is everyone so reluctant to use my A/C removal write up? All
> you need is a different belt, a shim, a hammer, and a hacksaw or
> plasma cutter. Simple way to drop 40lbs!
>
> Eric
> Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
> http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v
> AOL IM: OneSixV
> MSN ID: OneSixV
>
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:49:20 -0800 (PST) Cheapass Ron
> <rapieper@yahoo.com> writes:
> > The requirements are to remove the A/C gracefully, drop the
> > alternator
> > to a more compact location, retain power steering, and ditch that
> > big
> > old boat anchor mount that weighs about 15 pounds or so.
> >
> > So...Saturday at the junkyard, Ben and I removed the alternator
> > mount
> > from an Audi 4000. This (so far) looks like a fantastic solution
> > since
> > on this engine (5 cyl, iirc, mounted longitudinally) Audi mounts
> > the
> > A/C on the opposite side of the engine, below where our passenger
> > side
> > engine mount is. The alternator bracket is a ridiculously simple
> > affair, same as a VW Fox, and weighs almost nothing. The Audi PS
> > pump
> > is in the familiar location.
> >
> > Over the water pump is a very nice and light cast aluminum piece
> > which
> > provided the power steering pump mounting point (that long,
> > horizontal
> > bolt). Ben compared this to the cast iron anchor that is on the
> > 16V
> > engine, and the report is that it appears to be compatible.
> >
> > I'll need an 8V style alternator, since I believe the mounts are
> > different, and also - maybe - a different water pump pulley.
> > Hopefully
> > the one from the Audi, to keep things simple.
> >
> > It'll be a few weeks before I can fit it all up, but thought I'd
> > toss
> > this out for comment and any BTDT's using these parts.
> >
> > I'll assemble a how-to with photos and P/N's if this works...
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Cheapass Ron
> > "Victor" '87 16V Scirocco
> > "Teufelhasen" '93 Cabby <-For sale
> >
> > You will regret more what you didn't do and could have than what
> > you did do and shouldn't have.
> >
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