so im torn on wither i should get rid of my ac or not. its about 50-60 lbs in all. i almost neve use it. also its bad for the environment ive been told. so if i can lose a few lbs get back some stolen horses and help the planet why not?

vote! or die!

 

if you never use it giver cut that crap right outta there...

 

Like what was said in your other thread, unless you plan on turning the car into a flown blown race car(Investing **** loads on some FI, fully build the motor, striping the interior down to the bare metal, etc) Don't even bother.

If you try to resell the car one day, almost no one would buy it cause it doesn't have a A/C.

 

its not worth it phill. take out your stereo equipment, same weight savings. its a daily driver, there is no need to delete the AC

 

If that 50-60lbs is gunna make you run 10s then yes. On the off chance it will not net you anything at all (for reals) I would leave it. You may want to have company inside the vehicle at some point in time and possibly want them to be comfortable.

 

50 lbs = 5 hp (give or take) plus 50 lbs off the front is not going to hurt the handling balance.

Like BlueBalt pointed out, if you are making it into a race car, take it out along with the stereo, back seat, interior panels, headliner,.......and kiss your resale goodbye.

If it is your dd, leave it be. Can't imagine being where you are (and how hot and humid it gets there) and not having ac.

 

If I were you I'd keep it.

 

the AC is our cars shuts off at WOT

there is no reason to remove the AC, take out your carpets or spare, leave the AC

 

I didn't know that. Even in us turbo guys?

 

Yep.

Most cars these days should do it.

 

Werd. I like that! I don't want to overheat and kill the compressor!

 

Like I said in your last thread, my position stands - remove it.

 

as long as u dont move to the south.

 

Yea dont plan on living down here..

I would die without my AC. If you roll windows down in the middle of the summer here its like someone has a blow dryer in your face

 

lol since when does weighing less translate to hp

 

that's correct, all cobalts from 05-2010 have this feature

 

Not necessarily gaining HP, but you're lowering the power to weight ratio. That said, losing 50lbs will not equal adding 5HP to the car. You'll have to get rid of more weight than that to make a difference.

 

WTF! i posted this like 2 days ago i though it got deleted. werid.......

 

Threads in this section have to get approved like the how to section.

probably got approved yesterday.

 

Not talking power used to run the compressor.

Question - If you have 2 cars, each has 200 whp, car a weighs 2500 lbs, car b weighs 3000 lbs - which one is faster?

Rule of thumb is removing 10 lbs is the equivalent of adding 1 hp.

Would you notice 5 hp with the butt dyno? Not likely.
Would you be faster on the 1/4 mile? Driver variance from run to run will make more difference.

 

OH. oh well just let this one die

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why? i mean really, why? 60 lbs that will kill your trade in value and also it harms the environment when you release r134a (i believe thats what it is) into the air which is what is probably going to happen when you "delete" your ac unless you have the proper tools to capture the r134a.

florida is the same way... ugh i hate it.

 

Mines gone....

 

HELL NO!!!!!! Mandatory for me,but whatever floats your boat.

 

your in Maryland and rarely use your AC? Anyway if you rarely use it then get it off, free up nice amount of FREE HP