[Jdub]

The belt does cause a small amount of drag; more if you engage the magnets by turning your A/C on, which everyone should do at least once a month.

If you plan on pulling the belt, you might as well pull the system. For A/C, you are either maintaining it in "sleep" mode by turning it on once in a while, or ignoring it and eventually having a compressor that is no longer working, regardless of the condition of the rest of the system.

On my '78 SC, they threw the cooler under the decklid. I have often wondered how much more air I'd get if I removed that darn thing.

Jw