Heat Wave & AC
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Originally Posted by juikster
mine must have a good charge of freon, seems cold, but may go out now that I posted this...
lol.....I was thinking the same thing. I live in New Orleans and given how freakin' hot it is, I'm suprised at how well the A/C does work.
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A/C compressor runs off of engine rpm's, very few A/C's are going to cool well while idling, it is just a fact, you have to get the rpm's up and cruise to get cold A/C. My car is does not cool well until I get going and have the revs up then I actually have to turn it down in this heat wave we are having.
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Yeah, I definitely need to maintain moderate to high RPMs to get adequately cold AC. During this past heat wave the AC has been utterly useless during city driving.
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Originally Posted by Brice-RX8
A/C compressor runs off of engine rpm's, very few A/C's are going to cool well while idling, it is just a fact, you have to get the rpm's up and cruise to get cold A/C. My car is does not cool well until I get going and have the revs up then I actually have to turn it down in this heat wave we are having.
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There's also a "fix" wherein you wrap part of the A/C line in heat-reflecting material to keep the engine from warming up the liquid. If you want to see a car that cools off (and heats up) quickly, try a Miata. Mine was great all year round. Doesn't take long to alter the temperature when you only have 10 cubic feet of air to blow around. lol
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i must have gotten one of the lucky 8s...my a/c works great. only time its even been a slight issue was when it was 96F outside and i was stuck in not moving traffic for almost an hour. i've found if the car is moving at all, it does a great job...so good after a few minutes i actually have to turn the a/c down, and possibly make it a notch or two warmer.
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to be honest, i really havn't experienced any problems with the ac in my car. here in vegas, summertime temperature's well exceed 100 degrees on a daily basis and even if i leave my rx8 outside in the sun, whenever i get in the ac blasts coldly within three minutes.
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Originally Posted by SDRacer87
to be honest, i really havn't experienced any problems with the ac in my car. here in vegas, summertime temperature's well exceed 100 degrees on a daily basis and even if i leave my rx8 outside in the sun, whenever i get in the ac blasts coldly within three minutes.
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