Dam you A/C - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

ar0ck · 06-30-2005, 04:09 PM

Now for the 3rd summer in a row I am going without A/C. The first time the T/A didnt have a charged A/C, then the Second time the T/A had no A/C system, and now for the 3rd time my Camaro has a broken A/C condensor. I am seriously contemplating removing or replacing the A/C pulley. This is BS, I dropped the car off at a garage down the street to have them charge it, but apperently their is a leak in the system and it looses its charge, and they said it would cost me $500. ***** THAT! $500 for headers, headwork, or even a cam outweigh a working A/C

p.s before people say (tim, craig, james) that A/C is from the begning is for suckers and you dont need it to race. My car is a True Daily Driver!!! After work the black interior is scorching I need every little drop of working A/C to cool it down.

Jersey_TA · 06-30-2005, 04:18 PM

That sucks man.

I tinted my windows and it helped out a TON to keep the heat out.

enRo · 06-30-2005, 04:41 PM

Yes, or just wire up a Cyclone fan below your steering wheel and have it face you. The T-tops help in NON humid days, but yes I can vouche that tinting helps. My mom's van windows are tinted and its nice and cool in there even without the AC

06-30-2005, 08:08 PM

yeah condensor is like... way to much money. just did one on my V6..... just remove it lol

foff667 · 06-30-2005, 08:10 PM

ive still got mine off the Z...if you want it its yours.

1RawTA · 06-30-2005, 08:34 PM

welcome to the club... atleast your car isnt black on black

skorpion317 · 06-30-2005, 09:47 PM

alex if you want i can change out the condensor, and help fix that leak in the system. it'd be a hell of a lot cheaper than taking it to a shop. i'll charge the system, too.

NLinnear · 06-30-2005, 11:19 PM

I'm getting my AC fixed now. A black on black car with headers heating up the floorboards is not cool...no pun intended

79dizZy28 · 07-01-2005, 12:36 AM

you know what's worse than not having any a/c???

having your heater still spitting out heat at you in the middle of summer. i gotta get around to disconnecting it one of these days

camaro2you · 07-01-2005, 07:02 AM

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welcome to the club... atleast your car isnt black on black

I know how you feel.

JL8Jeff · 07-01-2005, 07:56 AM

Who uses AC? I just open the windows and it's fine in my 4Runner. I haven't turned on the AC in my house or my 4Runner yet this year. We never used the AC in the house last year at all either. AC is for wimps.

BigAls87Z28 · 07-01-2005, 11:45 AM

Just buy an AC condencer, and get some R134a, do it yourself.

slasherbarb · 07-01-2005, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 1RawTA

welcome to the club... atleast your car isnt black on black

Fasterthanyou · 07-01-2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Who uses AC? I just open the windows and it's fine in my 4Runner. I haven't turned on the AC in my house or my 4Runner yet this year. We never used the AC in the house last year at all either. AC is for wimps.

I agree. Although AC in Arizona isn't for wimps... it's for people that don't want to die in their sleep from dehydration.

NLinnear · 07-02-2005, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Who uses AC? I just open the windows and it's fine in my 4Runner. I haven't turned on the AC in my house or my 4Runner yet this year. We never used the AC in the house last year at all either. AC is for wimps.

How about having sweat stains on your shirt from driving. The ladies really love that...

GP99GT · 07-02-2005, 07:58 AM

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welcome to the club... atleast your car isnt black on black

double

JL8Jeff · 07-02-2005, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Who uses AC? I just open the windows and it's fine in my 4Runner. I haven't turned on the AC in my house or my 4Runner yet this year. We never used the AC in the house last year at all either. AC is for wimps.

How about having sweat stains on your shirt from driving. The ladies really love that...

Why would you be sweating with the windows open and air flowing through the vehicle?

ShitOnWheels · 07-02-2005, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Who uses AC? I just open the windows and it's fine in my 4Runner. I haven't turned on the AC in my house or my 4Runner yet this year. We never used the AC in the house last year at all either. AC is for wimps.

How about having sweat stains on your shirt from driving. The ladies really love that...

Why would you be sweating with the windows open and air flowing through the vehicle?

Because when it's 100% humidity and 100 deg, no amount of flowing air will keep you from sweating.

Without the AC my room would be a sauna. I also drive in my car all day for work, and if I didn't have AC I'd get out looking like I was just in a pool...not a good thing when visiting clients. I have had to go without the AC for an hour driving around the city, and it was horrible, especially since the city is stop and go and arely do you get enough airflow to even try to cool you off.

ar0ck · 07-02-2005, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Who uses AC? I just open the windows and it's fine in my 4Runner. I haven't turned on the AC in my house or my 4Runner yet this year. We never used the AC in the house last year at all either. AC is for wimps.

How about having sweat stains on your shirt from driving. The ladies really love that...

Why would you be sweating with the windows open and air flowing through the vehicle?

You dont get good air curculation if your sitting in traffic

JL8Jeff · 07-02-2005, 12:10 PM

I've been driving for 22+ years and I've probably only needed to use the AC 25-50 times at the most. I hate to say it, but the youth of today is so overpampered and spoiled that they expect perfect conditions all the time. You can't find a sinlge kid outside playing in my neighborhood in the summer. They all have to be inside in the AC playing video games. My friend stopped over with his son last week and he kept crying about going back in to the AC. We don't run the AC in our house so he was out of luck. We used to play outside until 10 pm in the summer when we were kids. Sorry for the speach, but this country is spoiled and needs to toughen up.

Savage_Messiah · 07-02-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

I've been driving for 22+ years and I've probably only needed to use the AC 25-50 times at the most. I hate to say it, but the youth of today is so overpampered and spoiled that they expect perfect conditions all the time. You can't find a sinlge kid outside playing in my neighborhood in the summer. They all have to be inside in the AC playing video games. My friend stopped over with his son last week and he kept crying about going back in to the AC. We don't run the AC in our house so he was out of luck. We used to play outside until 10 pm in the summer when we were kids. Sorry for the speach, but this country is spoiled and needs to toughen up.

THis is all too true

enRo · 07-02-2005, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

I've been driving for 22+ years and I've probably only needed to use the AC 25-50 times at the most. I hate to say it, but the youth of today is so overpampered and spoiled that they expect perfect conditions all the time. You can't find a sinlge kid outside playing in my neighborhood in the summer. They all have to be inside in the AC playing video games. My friend stopped over with his son last week and he kept crying about going back in to the AC. We don't run the AC in our house so he was out of luck. We used to play outside until 10 pm in the summer when we were kids. Sorry for the speach, but this country is spoiled and needs to toughen up.

Well... since all of the cars I've owned did not have/had A/C... and my house being over 100 years old with no A/C, I guess this does not apply to me. My A/C is a Hampton Bay fan and a huge custom airplane fan to exhaust the hot air out of my house. :-/

NJSPEEDER · 07-02-2005, 12:35 PM

my alero is the first car with a good workin a/c i have had. i am not a fan of air conditioning really. not that i am a warm weather person, just that fresh air seems better to me regardless of the temp outside.

later
tim

BigAls87Z28 · 07-02-2005, 06:47 PM

I love AC. I played outside when I was a kid too, but I still love AC. Now that we have it at work, customers dont complain as much, and I can sit in my boss's office, at 70*, and just search the web.....ahhh the life.

enRo · 07-02-2005, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

I love AC. I played outside when I was a kid too, but I still love AC. Now that we have it at work, customers dont complain as much, and I can sit in my boss's office, at 70*, and just search the web.....ahhh the life.

Are you saying that guy in your avy is your boss? Where do you work?