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Re: Sourcing R12 240sx compressor

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 6:42 am
by Tim
PromiseRing wrote: Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:46 pm
JohnHere wrote: Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:25 pm
PromiseRing wrote: Sat Jun 28, 2025 5:17 pm Without also swapping the serpentine style condenser for a parallel flow, i would be sacrificing quite a bit of capacity and efficiency from what I’ve read.
Not necessarily.

For what it's worth, until recently, I owned a 1994 Toyota Camry V6 Wagon, bought new, with a factory R-134a system (first year for any Toyota, from what I understand) that had a serpentine condenser and a R/D with a sight glass. This car regularly recorded center vent temperatures in the high 30's, even on 95-degree days in the humid South.
Impressive, but I imagine is was sized accordingly!
It's not about the type of condenser, is it removing the heat load? Heck, you can use an original tube & fin if the heat load is being removed.