Re: AC conversion

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Bill,

I find transmission is often a factor.   AC operation on a manual tranny car
is much more noticeable than on an automatic, with a slushpump to cover up and
compensate for a whole range of sins.

See you at the Glen!

Martin Bullen
'95 M3 (A/C only after a sweaty day at the track; aahhhhh.....!)
'97 Z3 2.8 (A/C with the top down at 95 degrees; such decadence!)
'99 Saab 9-5 wagon with slushpump and inconspicuous A/C.

In a message dated 7/21/03 4:13:02 PM, owner-bmw-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:04:08 -0400
> From: "ONeill, William" <William_ONeill@domain.elided>
> Subject: AC conversion
>
> A bigger issue for me is, why do the compressors rob so much power from
> BMWs?  The drain is very noticeable, even on cars with big motors (e.g. E34
> 535i).  When I drive other vehicles with AC (e.g., a very underpowered Saab
> 900s, or my wifes Subaru 3.0L) the power drain is much less noticeable.
>
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