Posted 03/06/2013
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Originally Posted by wrinkledpants
Have you yet proved you're right?
No, but on the other hand NO ONE has of yet been able to prove me wrong.
Why not find a local car with an upgraded AC system, get a cheap digital IR thermometer, and compare them? Shouldn't be too hard to do once the temps warm up. I'll even supply the thermometer. For how much crap you take over this topic, seems like the least you could do to clear your name.
The doubters, naysayers, do not, generally, take issue with the solution insofar as it working here in the PNW. The doubts seem to arise with regards to the use in TX, etc.
My problem is that I tend to agree with them on that point moreso than otherwise. I am in the process of arranging for the '88 to spend the summer in Olive Branch MS as a way to at least approach some level of proof of the viability of the solution.
If your car can't compete with an upgraded AC at idle - then I think you have your answer.
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".. can't compete.."
I am fairly comfortable that either car, FULL Kuehl upgrade (coupe, equivalent interior/tint), and my '88 with the rear deck fans and with the front condensor fan disabled, could both sustain, in equivalent climatic environments, a comfortable cabin once the cabin has reached the comfort level, 72-75F, and at equal temperature/blower settings.
Posted 03/06/2013..
The question then becomes how fast might either of those bring the cabin atmosphere down to the comfort level from a high of, say, 120F.
I would even bet that an equivalent car with ONLY the addition of Kuehl's fender mounted condensor/fan would match the performance of either of the above for sustaining the cabin temperature.