xr4man

do any of the yb powered cars come with air conditioning? i was wondering if maybe the sapphires or escoses did and if it would be feasible to retro fit the A/C parts to a mk1 3 door? has anyone tried this before?

tabetha

4wd sapphys could certainly be got with air con, as could escys.
I have done 1 mk1 sierra air con conversion but the hardest bit was accurately cutting hole in bulhead, everything else dead easy.
As you are on the other side of the pond you will have no trouble at all, though a universal kit would be cheaper for you ?
tabetha

xr4man

i'm more concerned about parts fitting on the car like they should rather thana cheaper universal solution. such as correct brackets for the compressor and such. i have a merkur here with a complete ac system that i can rape of parts. so that would make fitting the air box under the dash pretty easy and i would have a way of measuring any hole to be cut accurately. main thing i think is the compressor and bracket to mount to the yb. are they readily available?

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

My cossie had an after market air con system fitted but it didnt work so i ripped it all out. It made the engine bay look alot tidyer.

tabetha

Should be readily available s/h if not new, a lot of people take thiers off anyway.
tabetha

xr4man

cool, good to know for future reference.

PAUL S

iTrader: (8)

The YB is only a 2 litre pinto bottom end so any US spec cars fitted with pinto engines would be suitable donors. I believe the Merkur had a 2.3 pinto in it.

There were early saffs retro fitted with Ford kits and the later 4x4 came with a/c as a factory option

xr4man

yes the 2.3 is a modified 2.0 block. however our ac compressors are right where the alternator sits on the cossies.