richievr 1 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 how difficult is air con to retrofit to a vr6 ??has anybody done this themselves?i SHOULD be able to get all the bits from a late model car but i'm not sure how difficult it will be to fit.i guess the dash will need to come out to fit the heater box underneath, the front panel will need to come off to fit the a/c rad and the pump and bracket, but other than that is it just a case of routing the pipes, plugging in the switch and temp sensors and getting it gassed up??any help greatly appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I am told that the bulkhead centre section has to be changed to convert a non-aircon car to aircon, and the ETKA parts catalogue bears this out. Presumably the difference is just holes for the aircon pipework and mounting points for the different interior heater blower unit. It might be possible to modify your existing bulkhead centre section, but some cutting & welding might be required.Other than this, it is indeed just a matter of transferring all the aircon components and pipework from one car to the other. Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 you cant beat air con this time of year :-) should imagine it would ne pricey to convert tho Link to post Share on other sites
Kaz 0 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 You also need to wire it into the ECU AFAIK - which is apparently the tricky bit as you need to find the specific pins.I think it's the A/C 'readyness' and the fan controls that come from the ECU - but don't hold me to that! Link to post Share on other sites
richievr 1 Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 oh dear.. :-( :-( best do some more investigating then :-d thanks so far peeps .... Link to post Share on other sites
Kaz 0 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 My other half is fitting A/C in mine when he switches the engine - I'm happy to do a guide if it's wanted.... Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 You also need to wire it into the ECU AFAIK - which is apparently the tricky bit as you need to find the specific pins.I think it's the A/C 'readyness' and the fan controls that come from the ECU - but don't hold me to that!I heard that the ECU connection is just to raise the idle speed when the air con is switched on. Might be wrong though.At any rate, if you have access to a whole donor car and the OBD level matches, you could just transplant the engine & ECU wiring looms along with everything else. Seeing as you have to take the dash off anyway, it wouldn't be a lot of extra work. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6_Absy 0 Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Can somebody point me in the direction of a guide or pics for aircon. I'm not 100% sure about the route of the pipework also it'll b nice to see where the wires go lolcheers Link to post Share on other sites
c3vrg 2 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 are there not companies who fit aircon?? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6_Absy 0 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 No fun if someone else does it :-) Link to post Share on other sites
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