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Rileys68Camaro
07-12-2007, 05:50 PM
And does it matter? I'm buying some Zoops brackets and would like to mount the A/C on the passenger side for ease of hose routing.

Thoughts? Good idea or bad?

Will have power steering.

Thanks!

KUL FIR CHICK N
07-12-2007, 07:39 PM
Passenger side is the best location. It allows for good, clean hose routing, and the alternator and power steering package well together.

There are a lot of other nice brackets out there as well. Have you shopped around?

Rileys68Camaro
07-13-2007, 10:35 AM
I have shopped around, these seem the best value, in a system that I can piece together without buying a full system all at once.

Gotta get the car on the road, then get fancy.

How do I tell what Sanders? compressor I have, do you know? I need the 508 for most brackets to fit.

Thanks.

Twentyover
07-13-2007, 05:11 PM
If us A/C guys had our way, they'd al be mounted low on passenger side. But usually in a production envirornment A/C sucks hind tit, and they get mounted high on drivers.

Short hose runs with oil drainback.

KUL FIR CHICK N
07-16-2007, 05:58 PM
True, but most early muscle cars can't clear the crossmember with a low mount.