V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
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Car: 1985 California Iroc
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V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
I swapped my 85 tpi iroc over to serpentine belt. I can grab the condenser, all hoses, reciver dryer and compressor from the diner serpentine car. Should these parts work in my 85?
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Re: V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
You really only need the compressor and hoses for the swap, and maybe the hard tube that comes off the evaporator, but at this point the hoses are old and should probably be changed
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Car: 86 Imponte Ruiner 450GT, 91 Formula
Engine: 350 Vortec, FIRST TPI, 325 RWHP
Transmission: 700R4 3000 stall.
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Re: V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
The hose is like $60 new. No point in a used one. Sadly the compressors are dog$hit for reliability so may as well just get a new one with reciever-drier for $175. Get the orange orifice tube for a 96 crown vic. Make sure you flush the system and if you are going to go with 134A, get quality adapter fittings. The cheap ones have junk shraders.
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Car: 1983 G20 Chevy
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Re: V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
The hose is like $60 new. No point in a used one. Sadly the compressors are dog$hit for reliability so may as well just get a new one with reciever-drier for $175. Get the orange orifice tube for a 96 crown vic. Make sure you flush the system and if you are going to go with 134A, get quality adapter fittings. The cheap ones have junk shraders.
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Re: V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
Grab everything, and the answer is yes. If you don't use the donor car's evaporator and condenser you can run into configuration differences that will keep things from bolting up. You'll need at least the later car's evaporator and the hardline to the condenser since they're different on later cars.
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From: Portland, OR
Car: 86 Imponte Ruiner 450GT, 91 Formula
Engine: 350 Vortec, FIRST TPI, 325 RWHP
Transmission: 700R4 3000 stall.
Axle/Gears: 9 Bolt Torsen 3.70
Re: V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
Grab everything, and the answer is yes. If you don't use the donor car's evaporator and condenser you can run into configuration differences that will keep things from bolting up. You'll need at least the later car's evaporator and the hardline to the condenser since they're different on later cars.
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Last edited by GeneralDisorder; Sep 13, 2018 at 10:25 AM.
Re: V Belt car to serpentine setup ac question
Where you can run into problems is mixing and matching. The evaporator and high pressure hard line changed from a horizontal section housing the orifice tube to a vertical section somewhere around 88. I've seen it mentioned a few times, the condenser is different on some 92s, might be another 91.5 change. The point is that by using EVERYTHING from a donor car, you get a matched system and dont have to worry about splicing pig and elephant DNA.
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