[DeTomaso] CONDENSER UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS?

[B. Seib]

Hi Larry

Larry

Here's a link to a type and size of condenser I think others may have used
for R134a in the stock location.
Dave Doddeck had some good info on his site on a condenser swap awhile back.
The new Parallel Flow type condenser is needed with R134a because it isn't
as efficient in exchanging heat as R12. I'm no expert but I believe that if
you use this new type with R12 it will work even better than it did new.

Barry

Links:

http://www.ackits.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=01&Product_Code=12
-0439C&Category_Code=Parallel

http://www.ackits.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=01&Category_Code=P
arallel



Here's a clip from an old post to the list:

>Dave "cold a/c the legal way" D>Dear Dave,

> Please clear up one point:
>
> " Even one of the vendors high performance condersors offered no help and
in fact made things worse.  However, when I added
>a new condensor ($140) the car would immediately cool and the air from the
vents was below 40 degrees.  Its all in the condensor folks."
>
>        Did you say that you used a Pantera vendor's Pantera-specific high
performance condensor and that it *didn't* work,  but the "generic" new
>condensor *did* work?   I am a little confused.
>
>
>                 Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles



-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 8:13 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] CONDENSER UPGRADE SUGGESTIONS?


Well, the AC didn't work on the Vegas trip and today was the day to
troubleshoot. Hooked up my gauges and no pressure on either side - not
a good sign, eh?

Grabbed
one of my $20 cans of R12 and my side tap fitting and fed it in, engine
running, to find the leak. Went to grab my electronic sniffer, but then
I saw the foaming oil mess pouring out of the condenser.

So, I need a new condenser.  Seems like the perfect time to upgrade the
condenser and fan, right?

A
little fabrication doesn't bother me at all, though I do want to try to
keep my hoses and will NOT switch from R12. And I'm keeping it in the
stock location.

So, who has done what or bought what from whom?? I'm thinking in terms of a
parallel flow aluminum condenser and new, flat motor fan(s).

Larry
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