I have a 2.2NA here for clam repair/chains/steel flywheel upgrade/quick rack and alloy top arms/poly engine mounts etc - and also an aircon installation. I now have a compressor here from a Meriva. Will hopefully find out this evening whether it clears the forward wishbone pivot!! The aircon equipped Meriva seems to use the same tensioner with a longer belt which is handy. Anybody else done one, as the blower box etc has not been approached yet.
Peter
Aircon Installation
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Thesportscarshop
, Oct 08 2014 04:05 PM
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 04:34 PM
I'd imagine you would want the air box from an exige that has A/C
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 05:08 PM
the aircon pump from any z22se vectra / astra / zafira bolts straight on so why bother trying to make a meriva one fit 
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 05:12 PM
Why not just take the roof off?
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 05:18 PM
Why not just take the roof off?
roof
I thought it was a dust cover for when it's sat in the garage 
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 05:21 PM
the aircon pump from any z22se vectra / astra / zafira bolts straight on so why bother trying to make a meriva one fit
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 06:15 PM
Think you will have some trouble with the lower wishbone front mount...
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 06:41 PM
Wishbone hammertime?
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 06:42 PM
Why?
Aircon?
What's wrong with all of you?
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 06:50 PM
To help cope with this hot weather we keep having in the uk......
Clicking heels, there's no place like home
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:04 PM
I believe it has been done to a vx before.
I think it was retro fitted to a car destined for a hotter country, possibly Hong Kong and I think it was a vxt. It was quite a while ago!
From memory they transplanted an air con system from an elise / exige.
If you can find that thread you might get more info. I'll have a little look too 
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:18 PM
The member who installed the air con was Calbee last seen here in 2008.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:24 PM
this was the post: http://www.vx220.org...n-fitted/page-2
however the link to the lotus conversion pdf is dead
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:51 PM
Well on the way to the National in Wales we all fecking cooked, stuck to the seats, clothes all sopping wet and we had to pull over and put the roof on for some shadeWhy? Aircon? What's wrong with all of you?
so take it you've never been stuck in a jam with the roof off in 1 million degrees heat, you need to get out more in summer then you may understand the purpose of air con
I seriously would take air con over a good heater any day, I put a jacket on if it's cold but can't drive with just speedos on if it's hot
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:53 PM
Well on the way to the National in Wales we all fecking cooked, stuck to the seats, clothes all sopping wet and we had to pull over and put the roof on for some shadeWhy? Aircon? What's wrong with all of you?
My Aircon came with a trailer... lol
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 09:07 PM
But we had fun on the fast bits and I had fun overtaking 20/30 Hells AngelsMy Aircon came with a trailer... lol
Well on the way to the National in Wales we all fecking cooked, stuck to the seats, clothes all sopping wet and we had to pull over and put the roof on for some shadeWhy? Aircon? What's wrong with all of you?
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 09:21 PM
If only I could mod my VX with one of them ! sod your stage four
sod your stage four
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 09:30 PM
I only use my VX in the winter.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 10:16 PM
But we had fun on the fast bits and I had fun overtaking 20/30 Hells AngelsMy Aircon came with a trailer... lol
Well on the way to the National in Wales we all fecking cooked, stuck to the seats, clothes all sopping wet and we had to pull over and put the roof on for some shadeWhy? Aircon? What's wrong with all of you?
I only use my VX in the winter.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 10:36 PM
My vx spends quite a lot of time in Spain and if I thought that this mod was going to come in at a reasonable price I'd go for it but it's probably not financially viable.
Also the added weight and drain on BHP would mean taking the supercharger from stage 2 to stage 3! 
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