chadz34 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Posted June 9, 2005 Thats cause the 3100 has no acceleration to begin with Just Kidding. Quote
White93z34 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Posted June 9, 2005 my friend used to have a duke lumina, we were going down the road one day, i hit his a/c button and the whole car slowed down a little bit. Quote
chadz34 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Posted June 9, 2005 So it went from rolling pace to walking pace? Just Kidding. God I'm bad at insults. Quote
z34_nut Posted June 9, 2005 Report Posted June 9, 2005 the V5 compressor that most w-bodies (if not all) have in the system should not effect power the much. As Gnat said, the V5 is very efficient. Its kinda like a DOD system, it changed the compression depending one when it needs it. Quote
Brian P Posted June 10, 2005 Report Posted June 10, 2005 My Z34 gets worse mileage with AC on, not by much though. The 0-60mph is wickedly affected from like 7 seconds to like 8.5 or something like that, it is a noticeable power loss, so it takes more gas obviously. 7 seconds? Well not to let you down, but the compressor is supposed to turn off when WOT is detected. Quote
GP1138 Posted June 10, 2005 Report Posted June 10, 2005 Ugh, for some reason, my gas mileage almost HALVES when using AC. I'm glad someone posted it, I always think about posting it when I'm using the AC, and always forget to when I get home. Anyway, yeah, there's hella drag on the engine when the compressor is on, and so much noise. Then again, when we were doing the 3400 intake swap, we left about three of the bolts for the compressor off in the first place. :oops: So it's noisy as hell. Quote
Brian P Posted June 10, 2005 Report Posted June 10, 2005 we left about three of the bolts for the compressor off in the first place. :oops: So it's noisy as hell. the 3 little ones? Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted June 10, 2005 Report Posted June 10, 2005 Sounds like you need a new bearing. Quote
99RegalGS Posted June 10, 2005 Report Posted June 10, 2005 My Regal doesn't really care if I have the a/c on. I had it on monday and tues and filled up on wed. I still averaged 27mpg with 50/50 city/highway driving. Quote
z34_nut Posted June 10, 2005 Report Posted June 10, 2005 in the camaro last weekend on my way to meet up with john, I averaged 23.11 miles, and I was running A/C on the whole way down, and back. This included highway, city, and racing john... Quote
MoTox8410 Posted June 10, 2005 Author Report Posted June 10, 2005 my auto tech teacher said that on avg. you lose about 6-8 hp........... Quote
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