Re: Full throttle air cut-off for '91 200TQ?

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Ralph Poplawsky wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys:
> 
> Yesterday, on the way home I was behind a guy in a BMW 325IS who was driving
> like a jerk.  I ended up behind him at a light at the bottom of a long hill
> and decided it would be fun to embarrass him.  Although I could steadily
> pull away from him, I did not embarrass him as much as I would have liked.
> The temp was 85F and the air was on.  I have the impression that the '91
> 200TQ has no full throttle compressor cut off.  Does anyone know for sure,
> and if not, is there an easy mod??  I have also noticed a sharp difference
> in performance depending on ambient temperature.  I assume this is due to
> the efficiency of the inter cooler.  My overall impression is that the car
> suffers much less from altitude and much more from temperature than normally
> aspirated performance cars.  If anybody would care to expound on that
> subject, I am interested.
> 
> Ralph Poplawsky
> Denver, CO.
> '91 200TQ
  Your car does not have a cutoff switch for the A/C. I've never looked
into it but to install one you'll need the a/c control unit and pedal
switch from an automatic equiped car.