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Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:20 pm

How many of you own an E30 with Working air con.
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Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:03 pm

How good is E30 air con?
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Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:12 pm

TurtleDesignTech wrote:How good is E30 air con?
A lot better then the one fitted to a Lotus............



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Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:30 pm

Mine has aircon' and while it does it's job it's nowhere near as good as modern cars and it does sap a noticeable amount of power from the engine. That said, I'm very glad to have it!
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Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:16 am

i have working aircon, got some parts of a zoner and some now, fitted by Barry and it is super!
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Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:35 am

How much of a difference does the newer R-134a air con refrigerant make?
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Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:22 am

None that I noticed.
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Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:10 pm

Funny this popped up as i started a similar post on the zone FB page a week or so ago.

Got it in two of my E30's, one had it from factory and the other i retro fitted.

Ive retro fitted AC to approx 15 E30's now and it works as good as many more modern cars and in fact the E30 system holds more refrigerant than many newer cars.
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