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Offline dan7

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Air con fitting...much work???
« on: 25 November 2008, 20:37 »
Thinking of buying the full set up from a car being broken. Is there alot of work involved? Will it sap power from my 1.8 16v????

Offline sidecarphil

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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #1 on: 25 November 2008, 20:44 »
Will it sap power from my 1.8 16v????

yeah about 10 hp

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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #2 on: 25 November 2008, 21:02 »
probably more hassle than its worth, we don't even get a summer  :cool:

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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #3 on: 26 November 2008, 08:22 »
apart from cutting a hole in the firewall its basic spannering work and a bit of wiring.  If you've ever done a heater matrix before the airbox requires that level of dash stripping, plus dont forget you need all the heater control head, cables, wiring, vac pipes from it to engine bay plus the vacuum reservoir.  You also need the dash undertray and glovebox since the airbox is much larger than the normal one.  It'll only sap power when switched on though, but dont forget about all that extra weight ;)
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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #4 on: 26 November 2008, 12:42 »
Alternatively open your sunroof and stop being ghey.

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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #5 on: 26 November 2008, 16:59 »
sunroof ftw !
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Offline Mr Blue

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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #6 on: 26 November 2008, 20:29 »
Yeh alot of work by the looks of it!

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Re: Air con fitting...much work???
« Reply #7 on: 27 November 2008, 13:27 »
I love the aircon in my mk2 gti, go for it  :smiley:
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