Aircon-what's The Benefit's In Removing It?

[supamario666]

Ok i am planning the next stage of engine mod's on my VI and it is booked in for a Nice HKS 7460 GT11 turbo and some ID1000 injector's my question is what gain's do you get from removing the Aircon? Is it worth doing or not?

Cheers James

 

[RsvRob]

Minimal weight loss except the pump weighs a ton lol

I have removed it all in the engine bay as its not required in this country anyway

 

[fq-craigus]

It puts less resistance on your aux belt which in turn allows turning easier so basically in a very minor way will increase rev speed. As for bhp..... People say it uses 5 or so bhp when on. I took mine out completely when my ac pump failed. The pump weighs a couple of kilos but as for the rad fan and pipes you would save more weight going for a dump before a drive.

Take the rad out and pop that bad boy into your van pal after what I see today it's needed

 

[supamario666]

It puts less resistance on your aux belt which in turn allows turning easier so basically in a very minor way will increase rev speed. As for bhp..... People say it uses 5 or so bhp when on. I took mine out completely when my ac pump failed. The pump weighs a couple of kilos but as for the rad fan and pipes you would save more weight going for a dump before a drive.

Take the rad out and pop that bad boy into your van pal after what I see today it's needed

Good I am in Tear's here Graig

 

[DDS789]

Take it out if its broke! Like mine now is :awesome:

 

[Evo8Frankie]

I removed mine for the simple reason i never use it and i want a nice engine bay with a less busy look, the pipes are bulky and makes life easier when working on things.

 

[DDS789]

Mine decided to make a huge explosion of smoke on the final straight of the nurburgring :shock:

Thought my evo was on for its "glorious death" at the ring!

Was so happy when I noticed the burst aircon pipe infront on the turbo :awesome:

 

[Evo8Frankie]

Mine decided to make a huge explosion of smoke on the final straight of the nurburgring :shock:

Thought my evo was on for its "glorious death" at the ring!

Was so happy when I noticed the burst aircon pipe infront on the turbo :awesome:

20p 50p moment then

 

[DDS789]

5p to £2 coin back to 5p moment :shock: lol

 

[evogeof]

Nice and cool in the summer fact.

 

[fq-craigus]

Nice and cool in the summer fact.

Well the sun don't even get to yours lol.

I still say get rid. It's easy enough, get an rs belt 4 bolts and the pumps off and the pipes come off easy enough. Just have to take a load of stuff off for the rad and fan

 

[DDS789]

Defo doing this soon! Any tips Fq-craigus did you get all the piping out the engine bay, from memory I traced some back to the bulk head?