my AC has been acting up lately, and i dont want to mess with it anymore. I hardly use it anyways. i always have the t tops off. i was just woundering how much power i could get if i remove my AC and install a pulley system

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89' Firebird Formula WS6 L98, MSD 6AL MSD Blaster, Hypertech chip, K/N filter cone,flowmaster 80 series, hypertech air foil, koni shocks, edelbrock trailing arms

 

I wouldent say you'd gain some horsepower if you drove around with the a/c off anyways. But you would lose some weight. maybe 40 lbs or so. Plus you gain better airflow to the radiator cause the condenser will be gone.

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Convertible, L98, Mini-ram, ZZ9 cam, Comp Cams 1.52/1.6 steel roller rockers, Trick Flow 23* heads, K&N's with chopped airboxes, March underdive pulleys, Edelbrock ceramic coated TES, Flowmaster cat-back exhaust, Dynomax high flow converter, MAC subframe connectors, Accel box & coil, 3.23 rear gears, white face gagues, and NOS!
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Well you will gain like 5HP from it. I removed mine and noticed a difference in the upper RPMs. Its basically like installing a 2piece power pully set. YOur belt will put less drag on the crank. Even with the A/C off it would cause some extra drag on the crank just from traveling over it. If you do it poperly like I did, remove everything and replace you firewall cover with one for a car without A/C you will lose like 50 lbs or more. I forget howuch it all weighed. SO if you consider 50lbs off your frontend (most important place to remove it from) and 5HP extra you should feel a little difference. What if you relocated your battery to the back at the same time? Then you could remove like 100lbs from the front of your car, add 50 or so to the rear, and gain 5hp? Smething to consider.

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86 Trans Am 355 TPI Rebuilt 700R4 with Corvette servo, modified valve body, and a B&M Torque Converter (2000 rpm stall w/ lock up), 87 350 block bored .30 with new crank, bearings, rings, and magnafluxed rods. Reworked 305 heads with 3-angle valve job. Added in the rebuild was an SLP TPI cam, BBK 58mm Throttle Body,SVO 24# injectors,MSD 6A, Hypertech Power Coil, 1.5 Crane roller tipped rocker arms, SLP Intake Runners and Port matching in upper intake including fully ported plenum, TPIS adjustable fuel pressure regulator @ 46psi, Hooker shorty style headers w/ Thermotech heat wrapping, Custom 3” exhaust with Flowmaster muffler and chrome quad tips, Hypertech Thermomaster Computer chip, K&N open element cone filter on modified MAF per TPIS specs, MSD Wires, removal of A/C hardware and a 1LE firewall cover installed. Also there has been a PST front suspension kit with Hotchkis strut tower brace
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Kills:
95 Talon TSI, 96 Probe GT, 91 T/A L98, 89 RS, 86 Mustang GT, 88 Mustang LX 5.0, 92 Thunderbird V8. couple or ricers that I think were Civics or Preludes not sure what year, 95 Celica GT-S, 94 Chevy 1/4 ton 350, one of those NASCAR F150's ..... **** on Monkie
SOON TO BE A SUPER CHARGED TURBO WITH NOS ON A 500000 CU. IN engine

 

Well you will gain like 5HP from it. I removed mine and noticed a difference in the upper RPMs. Its basically like installing a 2piece power pully set. YOur belt will put less drag on the crank. Even with the A/C off it would cause some extra drag on the crank just from traveling over it. If you do it poperly like I did, remove everything and replace you firewall cover with one for a car without A/C you will lose like 50 lbs or more. I forget howuch it all weighed. SO if you consider 50lbs off your frontend (most important place to remove it from) and 5HP extra you should feel a little difference. What if you relocated your battery to the back at the same time? Then you could remove like 100lbs from the front of your car, add 50 or so to the rear, and gain 5hp? Smething to consider.

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86 Trans Am 355 TPI Rebuilt 700R4 with Corvette servo, modified valve body, and a B&M Torque Converter (2000 rpm stall w/ lock up), 87 350 block bored .30 with new crank, bearings, rings, and magnafluxed rods. Reworked 305 heads with 3-angle valve job. Added in the rebuild was an SLP TPI cam, BBK 58mm Throttle Body,SVO 24# injectors,MSD 6A, Hypertech Power Coil, 1.5 Crane roller tipped rocker arms, SLP Intake Runners and Port matching in upper intake including fully ported plenum, TPIS adjustable fuel pressure regulator @ 46psi, Hooker shorty style headers w/ Thermotech heat wrapping, Custom 3” exhaust with Flowmaster muffler and chrome quad tips, Hypertech Thermomaster Computer chip, K&N open element cone filter on modified MAF per TPIS specs, MSD Wires, removal of A/C hardware and a 1LE firewall cover installed. Also there has been a PST front suspension kit with Hotchkis strut tower brace
http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Garage/9548/kyle.html

Kills:
95 Talon TSI, 96 Probe GT, 91 T/A L98, 89 RS, 86 Mustang GT, 88 Mustang LX 5.0, 92 Thunderbird V8. couple or ricers that I think were Civics or Preludes not sure what year, 95 Celica GT-S, 94 Chevy 1/4 ton 350, one of those NASCAR F150's ..... **** on Monkie
SOON TO BE A SUPER CHARGED TURBO WITH NOS ON A 500000 CU. IN engine