Can I rip this stuff out?
09-20-2004, 08:33 AM
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Car: 88 IROC Convertible
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Can I rip this stuff out?
I want to take out all of the air pump and A/C equipment and clean up my engine bay.
Can I remove the big silver canister and all of the aluminum piping, or will it open a hole into my heater core or cause some other kind of problem?
Can I remove the big silver canister and all of the aluminum piping, or will it open a hole into my heater core or cause some other kind of problem?
09-20-2004, 08:39 AM
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Rip that a/c crap out man, dont forget about the condenser mounted in front of the radiator, that piece ways as much as the rest of the setup. I was amazed how easy all that crap came out, and there is another big piece inside the heater box. If you take the top off the box it just slides out through the top.
09-20-2004, 08:55 AM
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If you do rip all that stuff out, and you are still using your stock serpentine setup you might find this thread usefull in finishing the job off right.
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=251855
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=251855
09-21-2004, 12:51 PM
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Another Winnipegger. 
I did the opposite and installed factory A/C. Anyway, you can remove the "silver thing" but I personally wouldn't go any further into the firewall. If you take off the top plastic piece behind the silver canister, you can remove more stuff, but then the cowl will be open to the engine compartment and it will mess up your heating system, or create an opening for dirt/leaves to get into your HVAC system.
And yes, remove the piping and the condenser in front of your rad.
To totally remove it, head to a junkyard and get a non A/C car heater box for the firewall. There's lots of cars in Wpg without A/C in the yards!
I did the opposite and installed factory A/C. Anyway, you can remove the "silver thing" but I personally wouldn't go any further into the firewall. If you take off the top plastic piece behind the silver canister, you can remove more stuff, but then the cowl will be open to the engine compartment and it will mess up your heating system, or create an opening for dirt/leaves to get into your HVAC system.
And yes, remove the piping and the condenser in front of your rad.
To totally remove it, head to a junkyard and get a non A/C car heater box for the firewall. There's lots of cars in Wpg without A/C in the yards!
09-22-2004, 01:26 PM
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Car: 91 Z28
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Originally posted by kanuck
If you take off the top plastic piece behind the silver canister, you can remove more stuff, but then the cowl will be open to the engine compartment and it will mess up your heating system, or create an opening for dirt/leaves to get into your HVAC system.
If you take off the top plastic piece behind the silver canister, you can remove more stuff, but then the cowl will be open to the engine compartment and it will mess up your heating system, or create an opening for dirt/leaves to get into your HVAC system.
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WTF?? Would someone let me know why the pic doesn't work?? Is it because I left spaces in the file name??
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09-22-2004, 02:27 PM
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Thanx for hosting that Scott, but I uploaded it to the same place cra-z-canuk has that pic up top hosted, and its a site specifically for hotlinking. Do the tags look ok?, because all I did was click the IMG button and paste the link in there.
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09-22-2004, 03:36 PM
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LOL, thats about 5 years old actually, im gonna try and clean those harnesses up this winter then make a fiberglass lower piece and probably re-make the top plate as well, its really starting to show its age. post a pic of yours if you got one.
09-22-2004, 06:12 PM
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To see the picture, I copied your text and pasted it into a new browser. It showed just fine. The parentheses and all. I just removed the [img] tags. Don't know the answer.
09-23-2004, 09:53 PM
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Nice to see another Winnipegger here! And with almost the same name....
I'm going to rip all that stuff out on Saturday...I'll post pics when I'm done...
I'm going to rip all that stuff out on Saturday...I'll post pics when I'm done...
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Originally posted by LaxStreetRacer
LOL, thats about 5 years old actually, im gonna try and clean those harnesses up this winter then make a fiberglass lower piece and probably re-make the top plate as well, its really starting to show its age. post a pic of yours if you got one.
LOL, thats about 5 years old actually, im gonna try and clean those harnesses up this winter then make a fiberglass lower piece and probably re-make the top plate as well, its really starting to show its age. post a pic of yours if you got one.
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