deja Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 JBC3, I have a couple of questions for you. In your first picture down below the A/C compressor next to the frame rail you have an adaptor with two lines going into it, what is this for? I'm guessing it is for the A/C in and out. In order to mount the compressor on to your bracket did you have to take it apart? Where are the lines to the evaporator and dryer? Lastly, what is this fitting inside the white rectangle? THANKS Danno74Z I think the hose in the square is a heater hose with the purge valve. AC is on the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbc3 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 The lines below the AC compressor are to my remote oil filter. It is mounted on the frame rail just behind the radiator. I needed to move the filter out of the stock location because I am running a Canton Oil pan and long tube headers, which created a clearance problem for the oil filter. In those pictures the AC lines are not on. I ran all of my AC lines on the drivers side of the engine bay. I'll look for a picture with the lines installed. If not I can take a picture of the car now, but I am in the process of installing my Trick Flow heads, bigger cam and new intake. That fitting in the box is the stock F-body line off the water pump with a bleeder screw. I re-used as many of the stock hoses and fitings as possible. I went out to the garage and snapped some pics of the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno74Z Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 jbc3, When you have a minute could you try reloading the pictures of you a/c lines. All I see are 3 boxes with a red x in the middle. Thanks, Danno74Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbc3 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 jbc3, When you have a minute could you try reloading the pictures of you a/c lines. All I see are 3 boxes with a red x in the middle. Thanks, Danno74Z Try these, for some reason my other web space seems to have gone down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Yes it is the JTR radiator and brackets. I took the stock Fbody fans out of the shroud and made brackets for them. Nothing fancy, but they pull a TON of air. They just barely fit. I tried actually using the factory shroud and trimming it, but this worked out so much better IMO. I have the factory 2 stage fan control set-up with relays. It works great. Jody Thanks Jody, that's going to save me a few bucks since I already have the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno74Z Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 jbc3 Thanks again for fixing the pictures it was a big help. I really like your aluminum bracket setup. Very clean and costs a lot less then other commercially made units. It looks like you tapped into the existing Datsun A/C lines is that correct? Any chance I could bribe you for a copy of the bracket drawing to make one for myself? My email address is Dan_Laurizio@msn.com Thanks, Danno74z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbc3 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I used the factory condensor and then just had lines made with ends to go right into the factory evaporator. I bought a dryer with a pressure switch fitting when I bought all of the lines and fittings. I took pictures of all of the fittings and angles and sent them to Ray Everett (his web page is listed on an earlier message). He made sure I got all of the right fittings, plus his price was half of what anyone else wanted for them. I did not have him crimp the lines, since the fittings need to be clocked correctly. I also bought the lines a little long and cut them myself to fit. I dry fitted all of my lines, marked them and took them to a local parts supplier that has a high pressurre crimping set-up. Worked perfectly. If I had a drawing, I'd be more than happy to send you a copy, but I basically took a piece of cardboard and eyeballed it where I thought the bracket would go. Then I started cutting, until I thought it was close. I actually bolted my compressor onto the cardboard to make sure everything lined up. Then I traced the outline onto the billet and pitched the cardboard. Jody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno74Z Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Hi Jody, From your pictures I have a pretty good idea on how to construct a similar a/c bracket like yours. Thanks again for all the input on this. Danno74Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 hmmm maybe I should just try and find a 280zx with t-tops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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