Anybody fitted air con to theirs? Can it be done? Was unbearable today, cant be having that all summer!

 

Was an option on sapph from factory although expensive so the odd installation could surface, 3drs also had the same option but very rare, aftermarket aircon systems available but don't know how it would fit these days with big intercoolers etc

 

I shouldn't worry, it'll probably not last long!?

 

the car or the weather after all it is a saph

 

Did Martin hadland not fit it to his black rs 500

 

Yeh Martoon fitted ac to his 3DR.

My saff used to have air con. IT was an aftermarket kit though. I took the lot off cause it didn't work.

 

Mine had factory aircon which I've removed but kept everything safe. It gets in the way a bit for big intercoolers as said but I'm sure I saw a kit to fit a bigger cooler with the a/c still fitted somewhere.

 

The first two saphs I was gonna look at had air con, they were both k Reg. sometimes in the summer at shows I wish I had bought one of them!!

 

Windows doon taps aff.
Translated put your windows down and take off your t shirt Bo-ya.

 

I installed an original aircon set in my 24v sapph, it's in the project thread in my sig. But as already said by others, the condenser will be in the same location as an RS500 style intercooler on a YB. Although I do believe there are solutions for that, probably something like Martin used.

 

Iv just palled the air con out of mine as it don't fut in my new shell

I had had the pump removed anyway so was a waste of space

 

Also adds a fair bit of weight and rarely gets used i removed mine plus never find it to hot in mine!

 

Yeh, thanks for clearing that up!? Didn't have a clue, I'm a southerner!

 

The bulkhead is different on the aircon cars I believe.

Ben Cresswell fitted it to his but it was quite involved as I recall after speaking to him

 

Mine had air con fitted as standard.
Still icy cold too.
Nice when we get a summer

 

Lol, still icy cold, as it's only used for two days a year!

 

That many, blimey I'm using it too much lol

 

That's right, I've done it to mine too.

 

You'll probably end up trying to find an entire air con model sierra just to cut out the bulkhead section.

it would probably be easier to fit some kind of aftermarket kit I'd have thought?

 

[QUOTE=Mike1;6581451]The bulkhead is different on the aircon cars I believe.
Yes bulkhead is different so would need modding to fit OE stuff

 

Plus if you want OE stuff on a non facelift sapphire, you need to move the PS pump to the exhaust side as the OE aircon pump mounts in it's place.

 

I did it years ago in my saph cosworth.I pulled it out of a ghia.
Its a dashboard out job,and you have to cut a big hole out of the bulkhead.
Also had to change to a polly-v setup,so i could get the ac pump in,oh and had to make a mounting bracket for the pump.Other than that all went in pretty easily.
Still have a a few kg of r12 in the garage if you need any.