Re: any 4kt owners w/AC ?

["Pat Martin" <mardkins@email.msn.com>]

> Wondering if anybody out there on the list has a 4kt with the AC
> compressor from the 5k...  If so I have a couple of questions.

I chose not to do it on mine but I regularly work on Petes 4ktq.   If you
notice in the pictures in EC that the radiator is slanted.  This is why.
That is part of the reason for that aluminum contraption on the front of the
car.

> 1)  Does the bracket + compressor from the 5k(87 in this case) fit without
> interfering with the radiator?

No

>
> 2)  Since you need to use the 5kt alternator on the opposite side of the
> motor, what sort of placement do you use for the intecooler (in my case a
> URQ intercooler which WOULD go on that side of the motor but I think the
> alternator will be in the way..)/oil cooler?

Are you sure the Urq alternator is not on that side?
>
> 3)  Will the 5kt compressor even work with the rest of the 4k system?
> What needs to be changed on this sort of a hybrid system to work with
> R134?

Dont know.  It works but custom hoses will be needed.

>
> 4)  Somewhat unrelated, but does anybody know what the fittings(coolant)
> are in the top and the bottom of the K24?

The k26 and k24 fittings are the same as far as i know.

Pat Martin
86 4000csq turbo, 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge, MC and loving it.  Drilled and
stopping it. Koenig Cobra 16x7 with Yokohama A520's turning it,  K&N and
uh..
84 4000sq  AKA: The beater.
95 subaru legacy
Bothell, Wa