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assh0l3

Problem Solved

Swamp cooler FTW

90std

dammit!!! you beat me to it (j/k ). i've been planning on doing that with my std for a while now. i've been into aircooled vw's for awhile and those are really popular. decent ones go for about $300 so they probably aren't much cheaper than a j/y stock a/c but they are easily removable

whiterice

You got it all backwards.
Get the Stealth Shuttle running first. Get it drivable. Then, make a post about HM A/C.

HondaTuner

Do what one of my hillbilly relatives did, and strap a window AC unit into a random window in the car. On their van they have it sticking out of the back window... I'll have to take a picture at the next family reunion.

krustindumm

a/c lines aren't all that special. You can get custom lines fabbed out of braided SS line. A local kid did for his H22 swapped accord, said it was like $50 per line from the local custom hose place, and it's blingin. You need one line from the compressor to the condenser, then one to the drier (unless you get a condenser that has a drier built in, newer civics have them), then one to the evaporator, and one back to the compressor. Measure the ID of the stock lines to get an idea what size line to use. Normal pressure is under 200psi, but i've seen systems hit 400psi before the pop off valve opened (stuck expansion valve)

R134 is like $8 per can, so it would be cheap to charge, the S/M has a table to figure out the correct pressure range based on ambient conditions. You could use the factory charging volume to get a rough idea, and fine tune the system based off the chart.

HiProfile

Normal AC lines in a civic are made from aluminum, nothing crazy.

IMO you're way better off just running a different manifold and DP for the hot months to allow AC. Anyone can make a Honda turbo manifold, but only S-M-R-T people can make Honda turbo manifolds that work with OEM A/C

Those swap coolers are basicly high-capacity humidifiers. Places like Arizona and Nevada use them in their houses for cooling and humidifing the dry, hot air they get in summer. All you'd need ot make one of them is a some sort of funnel for air into the interior, and have it pass over a wet pad (buy one for a portable humidifier). Ice is more for humid days, as the evaporation is really the star of the show. It takes more energy to evaporate water than it does to unfreeze ice.

BTW if you want to see a gigantic swap cooler, go into a Home Depot thats a couple years old and in need of a face lift. The one I work at has like 8 swap coolers that are at least 10x10 and probably taller than that. With a space that large with that much wood inside, you don't notice the extra humidity. Well you do, except its masked by cooling the air a few degrees cooler than normal AC would.

And if car units go for $60 rusted to hell, and $300 new...----, I'm going to get to welding & bending!

0b00st0

Actually they are. A/C lines use a special type caller barrier hose. It has to ONLY leak so much over time.


It's pretty cheap though. 1-3$ per foot depending on size. The hardest part on Hondas and most imports it making an adapter to fit the A/C compressor. The stock fitting is whack.

Donald125

hes a fuckign dumb ***, now the A/C can only suck in hot air from outside without any recirculating