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by bill5900
Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:23 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: Air system design for vintage car
Replies: 14
Views: 7621

Re: Air system design for vintage car

Now I’m feeling better about the thoughts I have. Since I don’t plan on running the heater and air to mix and control temp, I’ve thought about using the heater vents (side of car near your feet) to bring recirc air flow into cabin. One less hole to cut. And if it’s not effective, I can just cut a ho...
by bill5900
Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:41 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: Air system design for vintage car
Replies: 14
Views: 7621

Re: Air system design for vintage car

Oh, and I understand the system may not have capacity. But I realize I can’t jump in the car, run errands, and expect the system to keep up. Porsche’s have too much glass. But hey it is something. Bill
by bill5900
Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:36 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: Air system design for vintage car
Replies: 14
Views: 7621

Re: Air system design for vintage car

Thank you again. The attraction of this kit is the electric compressor. As you can see below the evaporator and blower are packaged together. So the evaporator only intakes air from the front compartment if not plumbed to cabin. The front compartment is poorly sealed to cabin but is space I don’t wa...
by bill5900
Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:43 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: Air system design for vintage car
Replies: 14
Views: 7621

Re: Air system design for vintage car

Thanks. That seems logical to me. My car is not tight to begin with—so there will still be some fresh entering the cabin but no where near 30%! Where do you put the recirc vent for the system? Seems like the footwell is the place.
by bill5900
Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:09 pm
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: Air system design for vintage car
Replies: 14
Views: 7621

Air system design for vintage car

Hello. I hope to retrofit the Classic Retrofit AC system in a vintage Porsche. The nice thing about this is the electric compressor. The bad thing is that my car is earlier than the original CR design was for, so some of the « easy » installation cues aren’t available in my existing ventilation syst...