[FC] Air Conditioning/ Archive

[Mikeamauro at aol.com]

Re: "...I would love to hear from Mike about how well this system has  
performed for his wife's 64 Greenbriar..."
 
Thanks for asking, Jeb; we live in sunny, hot, Florida, and the system  
performs beautifully... it's reliable and cools very well. Being an AC  
contractor, going into the project I realized having enough condenser would be  
critical; hence, the system has two, parallel-flow condensers connected in  
series (as-well-as front & rear evaporators): one condenser in the rear  engine 
air intake body cavity (air drawn across by engine air blower), and the  
other mounted horizontally, just rearward of the front bumper, under the front 
 floorboard... this condenser receives forced convection cooling via an 
electric  fan; the fan cycles on head pressure, with the cycling switch located 
on  receiver next to this condenser. The front condenser also receives 
"road" air  through a cut out in the under-bumper, front valance.  (A link to  
detailed documentation of entire system--both pictures &  text--located in 
Jeb's email string, below). The vehicle is driven  frequently; in fact, it's 
going to the Florida Keys this coming  April. 
 
I've also converted a factory air, 67 coupe, to an R-134a system. The last  
several pics, at the following site, provide a peek at how I handled 
getting  enough condenser function from the OEM condenser: 
_http://rides.webshots.com/album/58895182BNCYAp_ (http://rides.webshots.com/album/58895182BNCYAp)   
 .
 
Enjoy...
Mike Mauro    
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/14/2010 11:17:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
robersonanderson6 at yahoo.com writes:

 
I too am interested in this so I just spent the last hour re-finding this  
link of photos of an FC-AC install from the archives, 
(_http://rides.webshots.com/album/40808782vhASip_ (http://rides.webshots.com/album/40808782vhASip) 
)  
This was posted by Mike Mauro  
(mailto:corvanatics at corvair.org?Subject=[FC]%20FC%20air%20conditioning&In-Reply-To=) (March 2008), I would love to hear 
from Mike about  how well this system has performed for his wife's 64 
Greenbriar.
 
-Jeb  Anderson