Driver "pimps his ride" with home A/C unit

Iria · Aug 12, 2007, 10:37 PM

Source: SNAFU-ed
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Civil Engineer Scott Dawson had gone through 3 years of Houston summers without A/C, and decided he'd had enough. Rather than spending $1200 to get the A/C fixed on a car he planned to get rid of soon, he decided to go the cheap route. He took a home window A/C unit, bolted and wired it to his car, and created a definite non-babe magnet.

OmegaRED · Aug 12, 2007, 11:04 PM

I'm sorry, but that looks retarded. I could see it working in the back of a flatbed truck but on the roof of a car...

Iria · Aug 12, 2007, 11:08 PM

I'd agree with you ... and can you imagine how much extra drag he gets ...

Judas · Aug 13, 2007, 08:19 AM

depends really..

for the size of the car, he could have ended up with something a HELL of alot smaller and better suited... but meh, that unit looked like a $100 USD...

Course i'd be intrested in how the hell he wired the sucker up, 12v to well a small AC is 120(110)v...... i doubt he went out and spent 300 bucks on a 120v/12v alternator.

And yes, repairing AC units can get ungodly expensive. Depending on the specific design these POS cramped and packed all to hell cars, theres not really much a "standard" anymore. Specially if you have to by Specific Brand related parts and no jobbers are available.

And if he's driving a few miles, at sub 60km/h, i highly doubt the mpg is gonna drop ALL that much.

Aug 12, 2007, 10:37 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Driver "pimps his ride" with home A/C unit Source: SNAFU-ed ________ Civil Engineer Scott Dawson had gone through 3 years of Houston summers without A/C, and decided he'd had enough. Rather than spending $1200 to get the A/C fixed on a car he planned to get rid of soon, he decided to go the cheap route. He took a home window A/C unit, bolted and wired it to his car, and created a definite non-babe magnet.

Aug 12, 2007, 11:04 PM	#2
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	I'm sorry, but that looks retarded. I could see it working in the back of a flatbed truck but on the roof of a car... __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Aug 12, 2007, 11:08 PM	Thread Starter #3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	I'd agree with you ... and can you imagine how much extra drag he gets ...