Guest Anonymous Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 What would it take to install the AC (compressor and whatnot) from my 81zx on my 75 280 chevy 350? Any cons to this set up? ------------------ Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fast Frog Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 Razor: An older retired gent, who recently sold his 77 355 ZV8, had a hybrid AC setup using a GM compressor with hybrid fittings to hook everything up. It worked great until the compressor went out. His name is Nick and his phone # is (970) 434-7458. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Shasteen Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 Razor, I'm speaking for the Dallas/Ft.Worth area, but I would imagine that every good size industrialist type town will have one-maybe two shops that can custom make your high pressure lines while you wait; be it power steering, A/C or Metal Hard Lines. Find one of those shops by asking around; I'ld start w/asking the local parts stores like Pep Boys, Auto Zone ect, ect-they all out source that service & are well aware of who in town can perform the custom making of high pressure lines. Once you've found that shop you can stop by & talk to the guy that does the fabrication of the lines. Show him what you have & he'll tell you what you need. If he's not a mechanic & tells you "I only Make Lines I dont know what you Need". Then find an A/C shop-show them what you have-let them tell you what you need....then go back to that Custom Line Fabrication shop & tell them..this is what the A/C shop said I needed; how much will you charge for making me those lines? Once the lines are made-install them yourself & then have an A/C shop do the recharging of the system. The only option to putting A/C in you car I can think about-is do you want 134a or do you want to go to the more expensive R12? I believe the 134a involves a special adapted compressor & condensor; yes-extra cost, however, if you go w/R12 the extra $$'s per pound for R12 is gonna cost also! Someone else might wanna chime in here if they know the exacts on switching from the R12 to the R134a. Razor-does you car have A/C now; Had A/C but was never hooked up after your V8 was installed; your car never had the A/C to begin with? What Brackets are needed, what A/C components are needed? Help us to answer your questions by giving us more info into what it is you're needing. Kevin, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 First, mount the A/C compressor, condensor, and evaporator and drier bottle. You can go to a shop that makes A/C hoses and just buy the hose and fittings you'll need for all the parts you mounted, or get them from a parts house. Then take the stuff home, put the fittings on the parts you mounted and measure and cut the hoses to length (be very exacting here). Install the ferriles, put a bit of refrig. oil on the fittings, push them in the cut hoses and orient the fittings on the hose the way you need them. Take the hoses back to the A/C hose shop and they can crimp the ferriles on. That's how I did it. Go with R-134. http://24.4.88.29/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000267.html has some info on V8Z A/C Cheers, ------------------ Pete Paraska - 73 540Z - Marathon Z Project pparaska@home.com Pete's V8 Datsun 240Z Pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 Thanks for the info. Kevin, I bought the car with the 350 in it. I'm not sure if he had AC in it before he did the swap. I'll check it out. Pparaska, I read those threads you had linked. The Vintage Air system sounds interesting. I'm curious if MikeKZ has his setup running yet. ------------------ Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 Hey Chris, it's not running yet, but pretty soon I hope! It looks like it will work great. The system is for a mid size street rod so it should cool the Z with no problem! ------------------ http://members.tripod.com/~SnowSurfer/mikekz1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 Mike, I don't remember if you said it was an under the dash (passenger side) or in the hidden in the dash like factory ACs. Either way I'm gonna check them out. Thanks. ------------------ Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Locutus Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 R134a uses no special equipment in the car, you only have to replace the o-rings and flush the system with varsol if it has had R12 in it. Of course any time you open the system to outside air you should replace the dryer and R134a has different gauges than R12, but those differences aside the same princples apply to both types of systems. I have converted all the cars in my family to R134a simply cause of the cost of R12, I refuse to pay 30-40 dollars for a can of R12 when I can pay 6 dollars for the 134a Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 Chris, it's an in dash unit that replaced the old Z system, it fit very well but, I had to modify above the fan motor for some extra clearance. ------------------ http://members.tripod.com/~SnowSurfer/mikekz1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Johnson Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Locutus: R134a uses no special equipment in the car, you only have to replace the o-rings and flush the system with varsol if it has had R12 in it. Of course any time you open the system to outside air you should replace the dryer and R134a has different gauges than R12, but those differences aside the same princples apply to both types of systems. I have converted all the cars in my family to R134a simply cause of the cost of R12, I refuse to pay 30-40 dollars for a can of R12 when I can pay 6 dollars for the 134a Mike Mike, Supposedly R134 has less latent heat than R12. But I am more interested in reality. Do you notice any difference in outlet temperatures under heavy heat loads or any other differences when switching to R134. RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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