Re-positioning the rad

[rmagictastic]

Is that a quote from the Mazda service manual !!!

To be honest I am planning on ditching my a/c, for airflow purposes. Did you remove the pump/compressor at the same time? Did you also remove all the piping and stuff too? I suppose if you just remove the a/c-rad you could always refit and refill later?

Cheers,
Alex

why for airflow??  seems alot of work for a very little gain??

Rmaj

[Smifta]

Why for airflow? I have a large HKS frontmount, so the flow is already impeeded, the a/c rad sat RIGHT in front of the upright coolant rad can\'t be a good thing! Also, since I fitted a HUGE PWR race rad space is very tight.

[nikp]

and be carefull when you dump the gas from the AC, do it outside, loosen a joint of the pipework, hit it with a harmmer to open the joint and run like hell!!! It wil scare the sh*t out of you, did me hehehehe.

Technically, removing the gas from an A/C system yourself into atmosphere is illegal - depends whether you care or not. I got a qualified air con man to remove mine. Only cost £30.

[rmagictastic]

Technically, removing the gas from an A/C system yourself into atmosphere is illegal - depends whether you care or not. I got a qualified air con man to remove mine. Only cost £30.

absolutely correct it is illegal (technically)

Rmaj

[memski]

Agree with Ant, make your own brackets. That\'s what I did, ditched the a/c and custom fitted a hks gt fmic.

[NurburgRob]

The Rad is only positioned like it is because Mazda wanted a low front end, if the rad was vertical thefront wouldn\'t be the shape it is.