nextproject97

I have a jrsc gsr hatch and am looking for input from you guys. Should I pull my A/C ? I don't daily drive the car and its only hot here 4 mos a year tops . When I do drive it in the summer 90 % of the time I dont even use the A/C due to horsepower loss with it on I dont wanna get pulled on lol . I do however like my A/C when I am just cruising on a day off going to the mall or something.What do you guys think keep it or remove it ?? I cant make up my mind so tell me what ya think ! whats the horsepower difference gonna be 5 hp , 10hp ??

civiconfire

when your WOT your compressor turns off anyways. so there really is no loss. i say keep it..

RaceCarRyne

less weight.....

KWayRacing

Dude keep your air. Can't be cool if you are sweaty. Literally. AC is so nice. I kept AC on my dd GSR-t car. Was hell during install and any repair, but so very worth it. I say to all who shelve AC for HP in their DD......why?

kyden

theres no hp loss when the ac is off. the clutch disengages and the pulley freewheels.

fcm

Absolutely, keep the A/C, as mentioned there is no HP loss when A/C is not on and very little when it is on.
There are ways to offset the "extra" weight of the A/C system that are a lot more comfortable then pulling the A/C system. 94

miguel329

keep it. i took mine out becuase of the turbo if not id still have it

l337h4l

Only remove it if it does not function. Its about 50 pounds of weight if you remove the entire system. Not worth it in my opinion especially if it still works.

RaceCarRyne

its a honda... not a bmw...

kyden

what is that supposed to mean?

RaceCarRyne

take it out....

LTCxD2B

i want to keep my a/c as well too because of window fog and leather seats but with the turbo comin its not looking good without major issues and if the car is all motor keep it its not a track car

nextproject97

The engine is a supercharged gsr I was thinking of pulling the A/C to install another half size radiator to use for a heat exchanger for my lht intercooler .I want to be able to keep those intake temps as cool as possible . I dont know so far the heat exchanger I have seems to work fine and yeah I do like A/C on occasion .The A/C works great and the compressor , dryer and expansion valve are new this past summer .Sounds like for now I'll keep it I guess thanks for all the input .Oh and as far as the weight well I am fully loaded last race weight including me was 2780lbs in an EK hatch thats heavy. I have system, subs, full int , ect ... car runs pretty good but it is heavy for a hatch .So as far as losing the A/C for the weight thats not gonna happen if I would see considerable gains in hp say 5-10 then it would be worth it if not the A/C stays

CivicSi95

i dont believe you are going to pick up 5-10 hp by removing. maybe 1-3 hp gain. weight savings is the only advantage and not having a sweaty back far outweighs weight savings in my opinion. you can buy an oem aluminum a/c mount which will save you 5 lbs. i dont even daily drive my car but i kept the a/c because its very necessary in oklahoma in the summertime. i had a friend pass out in starbucks one day because of heat exhaustion after he was driving his hatch with no a/c. thats how hot it gets here

RaceCarRyne

what was he driving with the windows up or just not going over 5mph with the windows down?

HCivExoo

i am sorry for your freind but that is pretty funny. I can laugh i don't run a/c in my DD. anyone can say whatever they want. the extra heat caused by a/c in the engine bay compared to a larger heat exchanger probably in a better position to allow more overall cooling.

How much boost you running? If you are running more than 10lbs it could be possible to gain 5-10 hp on a hot day. I know the modified JRSC really start to build heat and heat sink into the intake air.