sketch Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 right this mite sound stupid but with my other cars i.e 200sx s14a's when fitting lightweight pulleys i always removed the air con, mainly as it leaked and was never used, and a guy at the tuning shop said it would give about a small hp increase, and the weight saving of not having the aircon pump, cast brackets and aircon rad infront of the standard rad restristing cooling i know the gains are very mininal, but as the 350z, mine in particualar needs all the little horses i can find, would removing the aircon belt give any sort of gains on the 350? as the cars quite new id leave evrything else attached just remove the belt so the the crank wouldnt be driving the pump. i have just come back from the pub so could quite possibly be thinking rubbish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 the car is really prone to steaming up would be your only problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ug45cwb Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Aircon is essential in the 350z IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSensible Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I guess would work in theory but as Husky says you wouldn't be able to drive anywhere when it was damp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark@Abbey m/s Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 When running full throttle the air con clutch is turned off...even if you have the air con turned on......not worth the hassle to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Steam up will be a very big issue without air con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 As the others have said, pretty much pointless. At WOT it shuts down anyway, and on such a bit lump of a motor, the aircon will consume a much smaller percentage of power than your other cars. Also being newer, it will be more efficient anyway. So I would say leave it on for those hot summer days we have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 yep a waste, as abbey said the air con is turned off on full throttle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNABASHED Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 When running full throttle the air con clutch is turned off...even if you have the air con turned on......not worth the hassle to be honest. interesting fact, I never knew that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 When running full throttle the air con clutch is turned off...even if you have the air con turned on......not worth the hassle to be honest. interesting fact, I never knew that! Neither did I explains why I'm always hot when driving (j/k) Always turn the AC off during a dyno run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 When running full throttle the air con clutch is turned off...even if you have the air con turned on......not worth the hassle to be honest. interesting fact, I never knew that! Neither did I explains why I'm always hot when driving (j/k) Always turn the AC off during a dyno run actaully wouldnt that mean dyno runs arent affected since the a/c is cut of at WOT ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 When running full throttle the air con clutch is turned off...even if you have the air con turned on......not worth the hassle to be honest. interesting fact, I never knew that! Neither did I explains why I'm always hot when driving (j/k) Always turn the AC off during a dyno run actaully wouldnt that mean dyno runs arent affected since the a/c is cut of at WOT ? I'm not chancing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I did two runs on mine, one where I forgot to turn it off and one where I remembered and it made no difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I did two runs on mine, one where I forgot to turn it off and one where I remembered and it made no difference sssh dont be saying that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 yeah didnt think it would make much differance on a 3.5 v6 but thought here was the place to ask, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350 Russ Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 would make selling the car later on a pain in the arse aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 would make selling the car later on a pain in the arse aswell Yeah but its not like its perminatly removed, everything is still there, when it comes time to sell it just put the belt back on. but overall you dont really gain anything so mite aswell be left on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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