i was curious if they made an A/C removal kit for preludes cause i think it is a waste to make my car setup to race if they don't . please help .. thanx!!
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No there is no kit, nor should you attempt to drain it yourself. If you want the extra power go get it drained and disassemble it yourself. Leave the compressor on because you cant get a belt that will bypass it. You will get the power back even though the compressor is spinning freely. If you were creative you could rig up a plate and pulley so you could remove the compressor too, even thought that would make little difference.
Originally posted by Jake Blair No there is no kit, nor should you attempt to drain it yourself. If you want the extra power go get it drained and disassemble it yourself. Leave the compressor on because you cant get a belt that will bypass it. You will get the power back even though the compressor is spinning freely. If you were creative you could rig up a plate and pulley so you could remove the compressor too, even thought that would make little difference.
You can remove the compressor. No problemo. I'm almost positive that the 92-96 prelude pulley's are the same as the 97-01's, if not the same, very close.
Buy a belt for a 92 Prelude S w/o A/C because they made them w/o a/c, and that belt will fit on your alt and goes right to your crank w/o an slack.
Just ripp it all out. But you might wanna take it out carefully so you can sell off the parts for extra money.
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Originally posted by LilImportkid how much more power would that make?
hp? heh.. not much... a little bit, maybe 2-3 hp. The thing i liked was the increased room in the engine bay to work. All those a/c lines become a real pain in the ass really quick.
Originally posted by thewedge4 do you have to remove the radiator to remove the condensor?
You gotta take off the upper radiator supports, and lift it out of the bottom supports, and move it back some.. then you should be able to get it out. If you still can't get it out like that, i'm pretty sure you can pull it out threw the front as well.
I'm not sure where some of this misinformation comes from...
Removing the AC will free up NO HP unless you run it all the time. When the AC is not running the compressor pulley freewheels- it isn't engaged. It draws almost nothing off the engine, I'm sure it wouldn't show up on a dyno.
The entire mess we removed from DR's car weighed around 20lbs IIRC (maybe even less). The compressor, condesor, coils, and all were made out of Al. We removed everything and were surprised at how little it weighed. Maybe the 4th gens are different.
There is no reason to not open up the system and dump the refrigerant yourself, provided you don't get a mouthful of it. The whole reason for the R134 was to make it friendly for all the tree-hugging freaks. Empty through the access ports or just undo the lines.
You CAN get a belt that will fit. I forget the measurements but we measured what the new belt needed to be and searched the parts store for the correct belt. Check with your store, the belt numbers are usually numbered according to # of ribs and the circumference. You can measure what it needs to be with string and then go buy the one that fits. IIRC we got the smallest one available with the right number of ribs.
The condensor comes out easily- remove the top mounts and push the rad back, you can lift it right up.
Originally posted by Jake Blair did you go get it drained or did you do it yourself
I got a professional to do it. It'll cost $20. No worries and it's better for the environment.
I can weigh it again, but for eveything regarding the A/C I got 33lbs. Condensor, brackets, hoses, compressor, evaporator... the whole lot. Actually I was also surprised by how little it all weighed. I was hoping it was going to be heavier...
I wanna free up the room andthings, i just heard you will die a painful death if you try to drain it yourself.....is the system pressureized? I think im gonna do mine today if it wont hurt me. I wont drink any either.....Im gonna try onw of those electric waterpumps too.....
I got a professional to do it. It'll cost $20. No worries and it's better for the environment.
I can weigh it again, but for eveything regarding the A/C I got 33lbs. Condensor, brackets, hoses, compressor, evaporator... the whole lot. Actually I was also surprised by how little it all weighed. I was hoping it was going to be heavier...
No sh!t. The owner's manual on my old 87 Integra listed the A/C weight at 51 lbs. and that was a 1.6 liter!
Originally posted by Jake Blair I wanna free up the room andthings, i just heard you will die a painful death if you try to drain it yourself.....is the system pressureized? I think im gonna do mine today if it wont hurt me. I wont drink any either.....Im gonna try onw of those electric waterpumps too.....
You won't die. It's pressurized but all you need to do is vent via the valves or a fitting. You won't/can't hurt yourself unless you spray yourself in the face or something stupid like that.
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Originally posted by H22EVOlution i was curious if they made an A/C removal kit for preludes cause i think it is a waste to make my car setup to race if they don't . please help .. thanx!!
Craftsman makes one that I highly recommend and it comes with all sorts of sizes to fit just about any car No seriously don't do it yourself if you do not know/practice A/C safefy in regards to the refrigerant. Otherwise you should be able to rip apart everything except for the condensor (belts). The actual condensor itself doens't weigh that much so who cares.
Honestly for that car, I would just leave it...
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No seriously don't do it yourself if you do not know/practice A/C safefy in regards to the refrigerant. Otherwise you should be able to rip apart everything except for the condensor (belts). The actual condensor itself doens't weigh that much so who cares. 
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