Re: Installing air condition in '89 100

[eyvind.spangen@ha-nett.no (Eyvind Spangen)]

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:39:07 -0500, you wrote:


>Oh No!
>Installing a simple hang on unit is bad enough but stripping an A/C car and
>installing all that stuff in a non A/C car is a nightmare. I don't know
>about the 89 100 but some of the things might include.
>
>Different pulleys, accessory mounts and belt routing on the engine.
>Different radiator, shrouds, fan etc. on the front end.
>Some cars have different firewall piercings for heater and A/C cars.
>Vacuum system modifications.
>Engine idle modifications.

Ok.. That was too much! :)

>On and on.
>
>This will probably annoy some of my aftermarket friends but I once ran an
>engineering dept. that designed kits as well as OEM systems.The OEM
>applications require two to three years of design verification and
>validation testing. For aftermarket, we would have a couple of weeks to
>bring a car in, throw components at it until some of them stuck. Throw the
>parts in a box with some Zeroxed instructions and hope for the best.
>
>My advice - use a 460 A/C system. Roll down the four windows and drive 60
>mph until you buy a new car with factory air.

I'll stick with that "A/C", I think.. :)
I just thought of the possibility of installing orginal A/C, a friend
of mine did it on his Toyota Camry, it took him 6 hours, not
difficult. But I'm sure that the Audis are waaaay more complex!

ES