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posted on April 16th, 2004 at 08:21 PM
custom aircon in bus thoughts/questions
ok, i am awaiting a flywheel to be made before i go ahead and fit my ea81 eingine to my kombi, so while i wait i thought i might have a play around
with fitting the ariconditioning from the subaru. am after your opinions on whether or not my setup is going to work successfully;
i have placed the box that was under the dash of the subaru (the box houses the radiator bit that cools the air) and placed it where my battery
should
sit on the drivers side of the bus, i am running a funnel up the vent on that side to provide fresh air to the unit, then running the cooled air
from
the other side of the box down and into the old heater tubes then up through the standard airflow vents (maybe with a booster fan along the way).
the
radiator for the aircon is hanging on its side on the opening where the rear hatch once was so as to minimise blocking the airflow for the real
radiator.
are there any problems with this system? anything that could be improved?
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posted on April 16th, 2004 at 10:17 PM
mm it won't work... by the time the air gets all teh way to the front it will not be cool and u will need a big ass booster fan unless the system is
very well sealed.
Your condensor ( radiator thing ) also needs good airflow and produces heat. I suggest you get it out of your engine bay. Maybe under your body
somewhere with a thermo.
Where are you planning to put your Rad ? in teh rear with a fan ?
