[DeTomaso] Front mount A/C

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Sun Nov 3 08:13:39 EST 2013


You've asked for opinions so here's one.

 

If starting from scratch, and if I were to use my car at highway speeds for
any period of time I would mount it up front. I've seen a bunch of
relatively scientific experiments that show that on a Pantera, efficiency
goes down as speed goes up due to lack of airflow through the condenser.
Around town you'd probably never notice it, but if you were to take a long
trip you would. 

 

You can increase the size of the condenser, improve the efficiency of your
system, but you are still fighting a problem that reduces efficiency.
Mounting it up front maximizes airflow and solves that problem for good. 

 

Charles McCall
Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Ian
Hannington
Sent: domingo, 03 de noviembre de 2013 14:05
To: 'De Tomaso List'
Subject: [DeTomaso] Front mount A/C

 

Guys,

 

I have another potential buyer for my Pantera, this time in the UK.  The
sticking point right now is that the car currently has no A/C installed and
he would like to have it. So, I am trying to get him an estimate on parts
cost and have come across the issue of front or rear mount systems.

 

Essentially, my car is stripped of any A/C parts. All I have is the rear fan
and shroud and the stock evaporator installed under the dash.  So, my
question is; if you were to install a system in your Pantera, which way
would you go, front or rear mount?

 

It would seem to me that a front mount system would be much cleaner looking,
especially since my engine bay is highly detailed, but I don't know if there
is a bunch of cutting and hacking or any modifications that need to be done
to install it.

 

I do have a Fluidyne radiator with dual Spall sucker fans installed in the
laid forward position. 

 

Any opinions would help.

 

Thanks,

Ian

 

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