With lots of A/C and electric A/C threads pooping up recently I thought I would address my current performance. I am still running the same Classic Retrofit system that I installed in 2019. My car went thought a 15 month partial restoration (rust repair) recently, and it's been bloody hot here in Florida lately. I am still running the same settings as noted above, the same software version (I know Jonny, I know!!)......nothing has changed since 2019/2020 with the system.
The car....well now its got all it's metal, all the holes in the frunk are plugged, it has a new custom built front bumper, and its metallic blue vs black.
Old black/white version of the car (was a Rat Rod, pictures make the paint look much better than it was)......
New (Gemini Blue, and pictures really do not do this color justice).....
I took these the other day to illustrate how well the CR system is working for me in very hot and humid Florida. On this day humidity was 65%, air temp in the shade was 96F, feels like was 115F. Car had been sitting in the direct sun for 4 hours (12pm-4:14pm). As many of you know high humidity really loads the A/C more than just hot/dry temperatures do. Personally I think this performance is pretty dam good. This is my my 1975, with no heat insulation in the roof, or the rest of the interior, and with an RS carpet kit and door panels. My 1989 3.2 has its normal full interior...which has carpet padding and insulation foam in the roof, factory insulation mat on the rear package tray etc....which would help a lot more. Remember CR has now produced several new software versions, a much improved blower over mine, etc. This is the performance of their Generation 1 systems with 2 condensers from 2019.
When I started (4:14pm) the car the vent temp was 123F (fan only, compressor had not kicked in yet).
3 min later (4:17pm) vent temp was already 67F. I was feeling comfortable with the air blowing on me, and the car was still warm for sure, but my passenger and I were not sweating and were getting comfy. The car has SC style dash vents, and a vent replacing the fuel gauge (most people replace the clock).
9 minutes in (4:23PM) vent temps were 53.6, fan had been turned down to #2 several minutes before (we were plenty cool and comfortable), and the blue gauge in the background shows the evaporator was 43F (5.9C on the gauge).
13 min in (4:27PM) vent temps were 47.8F, evaporator temps were 37F (2.8C), fan was on 2 still and we were SUPER comfy/cool.
18 min in (4:32PM) vent temps were 45.4F, evaporator was 36.5 (2.5C). The system had backed off to maintain temp long before now.
