Does anyone elses Balt use an a$$ load of gas when u used the A/C? Mine seems to be doing so..i just got a new exhaust so would thta have anything to do with it?

 

Mine doesn't use alot of gas but it does suck ass. It doesn't have near the power my vehicles of the past had. With an aftermarket exhaust, you should be doing better on gas if anything, not worse. Change you're oil and clean you're air filter.

 

X2 on that.

 

i wanna get the WOT box that turns off your ac compressor when u step on the gas hard...one of the vendors on here sells it

 

Yep, 200.00 I believe but well worth it.

 

try switching using recirc only after the a/c has some time to cool things off it should help with gas a bit at least when I used it I still get 28mpg in the city.

 

i found out the recirc still makes it feel like you have a brick slowing you down.

 

Guh... I never use the AC unless it's really hot. Like over 95...

My milage sucks hardcore when I use it.

And the big one... my car just doesn't like to go. I've been driving stick just fine now for over a year, but if I run the AC I will usually stall it once a day because my RPMs just go all over when I try to go from a stop and it just stalls. grrrrr

 

I think that I will save my $200 and just turn it off manually. Its really not that hard for me to push a button.

 

Just screwing around with my new car - flat ground, cruise set to 25 mph in 4th gear. Instant read out shows 53 mpg without a/c, and 42 with. Of course, at higher speeds the difference isn't as pronounced.

 

your car already does that.

IIRC the stock setting is about 90 or 95% throttle will disengage it.

 

Any car turns the A/C off at WOT stock.

 

all cars kill the compressor under heavy accel. usually around 2500rpm

 

 

yep, a/c compressor is disengaged when you go WOT

I don't use a/c unless I'm stuck in traffic

 

we need to read better, the last 5 posts were the same.

im is dummmm!

 

AC doesn't seem to make a lot of difference in mileage at 60-70 MPH.... maybe its that windows up / down thing.. but on short trips under 45 MPH and lots of stop and go, mileage really suffers, 2-3 MPG LESS!

 

In city I never use it unless its one of those 90+ degree days with insane humidity.

On the highway however I always use it if it is warm enough out. Mileage is about the same. In town though it sucks.

 

I see no difference in MPG when I use my AC or don't use it, so I just use it and don't worry about it.

 

well here it has been atleast 85 and up the past month. and yea i thought that i should be getting better mpgs with the new exhaust but it seems to be making my gas/fuel range thing shoot back and forth so idk

 

Since I'm up here in Alberta, Canada, I'm kinda a wimp when it comes to high temps. Temps like 26ºc and up starts pushing my limit. I'll put the A/C on to cool things off but once that's done (15 minutes or so) I just turn off the A/C and leave the recirc on. If I'm doing less than 60 km/hr I'll roll down my window and turn the fan off.

 

Recirc runs the compressor still

 

It does?? That sneaky SOB.......

 

Yep, and as you already know it does with the defroster as well

 

I knew that, but why with recirc? No other vehicle I've been in (GM..etc) does that!