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AHU air conditioning in mk1 chassis
by
1life2live
on 18 Jun, 2012 22:58
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Planning on doing a tdi swap into my mk1 and would like to retain the ac. I have read that the compressor will hit the core support with the new motor. Just curious if anyone has made it work and what it took. Also besides making the compressor fit what will i need to hook it into the 84 jetta ac lines?
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#1
by
CRSMP5
on 19 Jun, 2012 02:42
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yep the front panel needs cut.. then box in the cut out... really not that bad.. ive seen a few pics...
lines.. custom... hhave to splice the old lines with new style fittings...
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#2
by
1life2live
on 19 Jun, 2012 08:48
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Great thanks. Notching should not be a problem. You have any links to the pictures you speak of?
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#3
by
CRSMP5
on 19 Jun, 2012 10:54
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it was on poortex... mk1 rabbit/jetta discussion area.. good 18mo ago.. thinking one was a caddy build.. the other was rabbit/jetta and that one they used a curved piece to box it in.. but no no links... i saw them way before i put my tdi into the kubvan.. when the plans were my 84 coupe..
the guy i think id talk too is the daily fun tdi mk1 jetta that he bucheed with the wrong offset porsche phone dials... he changed th firewall for the later heaterbox.. kept the ac and such.. but i do not know how he modded the coresupport..
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#4
by
punkvideo81
on 28 Jun, 2012 18:19
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#5
by
1life2live
on 28 Jun, 2012 19:52
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Yea I actually commented on it and have yet to get a response thanks though
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#6
by
G60ING
on 08 Jul, 2012 10:07
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#7
by
1life2live
on 14 Jul, 2012 19:50
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That's perfect thanks
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#8
by
erice1984
on 16 Jul, 2012 23:07
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How did you solve your lower radiator hose fitment issue?
Did you get a different radiator? Please share the radiator size or vehicle it was made for.
I am in the midst of doing my own AAZ into MK1 rabbit and made the notch in the metal for the AC compressor and then I went to fit the radiator and more issues.
Thanks!
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#9
by
libbydiesel
on 28 Jul, 2012 00:42
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Is there any space in front of the A/C condenser to mount an air to water intercooler radiator?
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#10
by
theman53
on 28 Jul, 2012 09:38
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I don't believe there is. I don't know for sure on the MK1 but I know with a/c and the MK2 there isn't. Here is a whoretex thread that started talking about valves and on page 2 is turning into a really good IC discussion
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5672840-Diesel-valves/page2There is a link to the MK1 section of the shorty valve cover thread that is pretty good. I think it is based off of the car CRSMP5 has been talking about everytime this comes up called the yellow zonker
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#11
by
libbydiesel
on 28 Jul, 2012 18:05
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I skimmed the link but it look like all the discussion was on air to air intercoolers which are considerably thicker than the radiators available for air to water systems. On my rabbit I will install A/C and air to water charge cooler, one way or another.
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#12
by
theman53
on 28 Jul, 2012 19:36
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yes, my bad I should have explained better. If you would take this idea you could build an air to water IC under hood in conjunction with the intake.
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#13
by
libbydiesel
on 28 Jul, 2012 20:45
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Yeah, for quite some time I've been planning to build an air water intercooler combined with a n/a intake manifold for a dual plenum air to water intercooler/intake. I was just curious if the intercooler's radiator would fit in front of the A/C compressor. My car doesn't currently have A/C and so I can't readily measure. I was thinking that a complete A/C system from a mk3 might not be too hard to come by for a retrofit.
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#14
by
CRSMP5
on 28 Jul, 2012 22:27
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no room... less room then a mk2 has...
mk3 box in mk1 = lots of work... pics above/other page that guy did do mk3 into mk1 ac/heat...
