Air cooled VW's had A/C, they put fan cooled condensers under the car,
beside the transaxle. There may be room under the package shelf for such a
setup. I have been meaning to look into it, but haven't gotten to it yet.
Peace,
Pat
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, datsunmike wrote:
> Seems to me the biggest problem with a/c in a Roadster is room, the cooling
> system and power sapping of the compressor.
>
> I doubt the cooling system is big enough to support a/c so you'd have to
> come up with a way to improve that first.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ronnie Day" <ronday@attbi.com>
> To: "Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:51 PM
> Subject: Re: A/C in Roadsters
>
>
> > >> Greetings,
> > >> I was wondering if anyone has A/C installed in their car....or knows of
> > >> someone who does
> >
> > >Mark Dent:
> >
> > > I have seen the A/C setup from a Geo Metro swapped into a Fiat. Should
> > > work for a Datsun, the biggest problem is no vents in the dash, the one
> in
> > > the Fiat just dumped into the floor about where the heater box is. Not
> > > fancy, but functional. When I complete the KA24 swap I plan on keeping
> the
> > > A/C functional.
> >
> > You might check with Vintage Air, in San Antonio (I think). They do all
> > sorts of custom systems for resto work and street rods. I may talk to them
> > about building a custom system for the street 510, even though I have the
> > under dash component that was in the car when I bought it. It actually
> > worked, but you sure could tell when that York compressor kicked on. The
> > trick these days seems to be to use the small rotary compressors that have
> > far less parasitic drag and are much more efficient.
> >
> > FWIW,
> > Ron
> >
> > Ronnie Day
> > ronday@attbi.com
> > Dallas/Ft. Worth
> > '71 510 2-dr (Prepared Class Autocrosser)
> > '73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
> >
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