Can 20 year compressor overheat the 20V?

[Snoopy]

On 2012.07.30 21:35, George Selby wrote:
> At 01:56 PM 7/30/2012, you wrote:
>> Regarding the drag: my compressor is pumping fine, but when it turns on, it
>> feels like I'm hauling another type44 on my back. Any remedy for this?
>
> Double the boost?
>
> In actuality AC is a huge drag on the engine (Maybe not in Canada, but down
> here in the southern US it is.) Due to losses in converting energy, the engine
> bay probably sees 4 times as much heat added when the AC is engaged as is
> removed from the interior. And most auto AC systems do produce an icy blast,
> in fact the average car system would cool a house quite well.

It still does not explain, why other cars of similar age and 1.6-ish engines 
drive fine even with AC on.