A/c kills power?

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A/c kills power?

By dro21
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:54 am #185794 I've been looking around but no answers...i guess everyones heard that a A/c kills power but is there proof of this. I live in northern cali and during the summer it gets really hot and i want a/c and i also want performance too but is it worth the sacrifice?

By stubrun
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:34 am #185808 a very small amount mate. its just the load that the a/c motor puts on the engine, plus if you remove it the a/c compressor is pretty heavy. stuart
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By forcefedEG
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:25 pm #185812 the ac only uses power when its on, when the compressor is not engaged it just freewheels... robs virtually no power... n u do however save on weight...
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By dro21
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:22 pm #185846
forcefedEG wrote:the ac only uses power when its on, when the compressor is not engaged it just freewheels... robs virtually no power... n u do however save on weight...

Is the extra weight worth having the ac....
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By forcefedEG
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:28 pm #185847 i dont have it on anything i own, but thats just me, i dont like a cluttered engine bay, nor do i like alot of junk in my way when i work on it lol... i can live with out a/c but thats just me :lol:
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By dro21
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:45 pm #185851
stubrun wrote:a very small amount mate. its just the load that the a/c motor puts on the engine, plus if you remove it the a/c compressor is pretty heavy. stuart

Thx for the info
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By dro21
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:47 pm #185852
forcefedEG wrote:i dont have it on anything i own, but thats just me, i dont like a cluttered engine bay, nor do i like alot of junk in my way when i work on it lol... i can live with out a/c but thats just me :lol:

Does it get in 100's in virginia during the summer 8)
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By forcefedEG
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:18 pm #185859 yeah lol it dose, and its humid as a mug where im at, im in the valley... it sucks at stop lights, but it aint bad when your moving.... depending on where your at in cali it could get sticky litterally
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By teal_dx
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:24 pm #185876 it will decrease the value of your car to 99% of buyers if you remove the AC.

Mine never had it so I'm used to it, but if I was in the south I would want it.
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By d-mon
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:55 pm #185928 it affects acceleration noticibly, when its on.
doesn't get in the way nearly as much as power steering.
i say leave it on if its still working.
it's nice to show up places without the back of your shirt all soaked.
girls pay attention to that sort of thing...
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By Ajax1989
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:50 pm #185962
dro21 wrote:
forcefedEG wrote:the ac only uses power when its on, when the compressor is not engaged it just freewheels... robs virtually no power... n u do however save on weight...

Is the extra weight worth having the ac....


yes its worth it.. i live in socal
and i hate that i bought my civic w/o ac
i effin hate it..
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By dro21
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:09 am #185965
teal_dx wrote:it will decrease the value of your car to 99% of buyers if you remove the AC.

Mine never had it so I'm used to it, but if I was in the south I would want it.

I dont have ac......i was reffering to adding ac to my civc not taking it off....but thx for the info might come handy if im ever im ever in the market for another car.
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By dro21
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:12 am #185966
94_jdm_ferio wrote:
dro21 wrote:
forcefedEG wrote:the ac only uses power when its on, when the compressor is not engaged it just freewheels... robs virtually no power... n u do however save on weight...

Is the extra weight worth having the ac....


yes its worth it.. i live in socal
and i hate that i bought my civic w/o ac
i effin hate it..

I use to live in socal but i moved to norcal and it gets hotter than then it does in socal so i might be peicing up together parts from eg's at the pick n pull
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By dro21
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:16 am #185968
d-mon wrote:it affects acceleration noticibly, when its on.
doesn't get in the way nearly as much as power steering.
i say leave it on if its still working.
it's nice to show up places without the back of your shirt all soaked.
girls pay attention to that sort of thing...

I fckin hate being sweaty.......girls ftmw
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By suspendedHatch
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:39 pm #186084 Keep in mind that 92 and 93 are R12 and 94+ is R134a. You want the latter. R12 is expensive and hard to find. Technically illegal. You can put R134a in a R12 system but it's not as cold.
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