<VV> Icewater Air Conditioner and Pertronix

Tue Jun 14 20:49:43 EDT 2011

Stock in stock position.  I re-sprayed it  flat black (stock).  All 
A/C is stock except the compressor and drier and hoses and 
valves.  Clark's has a kit to do this (mate stock system with the 
Sanden and their drier) and they supply the valve for the RU-134 and 
the hoses to fit everything.  Many people skip this little thing ... 
the valve ... and wonder why it does not work well.  Simply, Freon 
and RU-134 don't have the same properties and the valve changes the 
pressure which makes the RU-134 work correctly in the 
system.  Without that you won't get cold enough.  I think the Clark's 
drier is helpful as well.  I have a few 80's vintage and 90s vintage 
cars and none are as good as this one.  And it looks stock because I 
also painted the Sanden black like the original.  I am looking for an 
original compressor tag to glue to the Sanden if anyone finds one I 
would be grateful!  I am one of the weird ones that likes stock ... 
except the few exceptions such as Pertronix, radials, Sanden ... Eric

At 05:29 PM 6/14/2011, jimster1 wrote:
>Where is your condenser, anything special about it?
>Jim
>
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>[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Eric S. Eberhard
>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 3:43 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Icewater Air Conditioner and Pertronix
>
>Just following this along ... I am in AZ with a 62 factory A/C
>car.  I changed the compressor to Sanden, the drier to Clark's, and
>some hoses and valves from Clark's, converted to RU-134.  Jeff at CA
>Corvairs says it is the coldest A/C he has ever seen on a Corvair (he
>did the restore so he is biased :-) ) But he is also right.  It is
>colder than my more modern cars -- downright ICY even at 100 degrees
>out.  I know a lot of people say the Corvair A/C is not much good,
>but apparently if done right, it can be great.  The Sanden is more
>efficient than the stock compressor.  Even with a 102 and PG it moves
>right along (OK -- engine not entirely stock, but not overly modified
>either).
>
>As to Pertronix.  A Pertronix II will adjust for dwell and can cover
>up a sloppy distributor and much better than the 1 ... to a
>point.  However, eventually you need to rebuild the distributor --
>electronics cannot compensate for a fundamentally bad part, just a
>slightly sloppy one.
>
>Eric
>
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