A/C delete box from American Graffiti

[KevinB]

Has anybody used it yet? They now have a picture of one installed in a GN. Looks like it gives a little more room than the factory A/C box. www.Americangraffiti.biz

 

[Lee Thompson]

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A/c delete or heat only? I just did their heat only box--never again!!!!
Buy yourself a GM heat only.

 

[KevinB]

A/c delete or heat only? I just did their heat only box--never again!!!!
Buy yourself a GM heat only.

Was it a pain or does it look like sh*t? I am wanting to keep the heat and lose the a/c.


Thanks,
Kevin

PS. Lee, I was the guy talking to you at TriState in October last year.

 

[Lee Thompson]

Looks great

I could not even begin to tell you how much engineering was left off this design. No holes for the blower to pull air in---no drain holes in the bottom--no ducting inside the box to direct the air from blower to heater core--have to cut the old one out of your old A/C box. Have to use part of your old A/C box to fill in inside of car duct. Lots of grinding and epoxing. And to top it all off, the main reason I wanted the heat only box was to make it easier to remove pass. side VC. I do have TA heads (don't know how this would play out with other heads as TA's are raised VC rails, I had to cut a notch out of the new box and epoxy it back in to allow my TA vc to go on. Yes, I remember you from the track--guess they are already open this year--may make it there soon--Lee

 

[MSDGN]

Originally Posted by Lee Thompson
A/c delete or heat only? I just did their heat only box--never again!!!!
Buy yourself a GM heat only.

GM heat only??...can you expand on this...is there a GM heat only box that fits our cars?...where do you get one?...part number?

 

[Greasemonkey]

GM heat only??...can you expand on this...is there a GM heat only box that fits our cars?...where do you get one?...part number?

There is. Best bet is to look around junkyards or check the classifieds on the different G-body boards. I picked mine up off a guy on oldspower.com a couple years ago.

 

[RKHiPerformance]

Check it:

http://turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178057

 

[CHANCE]

give brian a call at gbody parts he has them and at a good price that were i got mine :biggrin:

 

[MSDGN]

So is this GM heat only box a PITA to install also?...does it clear the valve covers OK...pics of the GM box installed would be nice...

 

[Greasemonkey]

So is this GM heat only box a PITA to install also?...does it clear the valve covers OK...pics of the GM box installed would be nice...

I have no clue on the VC clearance. Its not the worst install I've ever done, it just takes a lot of time. The whole dash has to be pulled to get to the box. Luckily I was pulling it to rewire everything anyway.

 

[PaCemkr86]

I could not even begin to tell you how much engineering was left off this design. No holes for the blower to pull air in---no drain holes in the bottom--no ducting inside the box to direct the air from blower to heater core--have to cut the old one out of your old A/C box. Have to use part of your old A/C box to fill in inside of car duct. Lots of grinding and epoxing. And to top it all off, the main reason I wanted the heat only box was to make it easier to remove pass. side VC. I do have TA heads (don't know how this would play out with other heads as TA's are raised VC rails, I had to cut a notch out of the new box and epoxy it back in to allow my TA vc to go on. Yes, I remember you from the track--guess they are already open this year--may make it there soon--Lee

thanks for the heads up

 

[J Banning]

I have no clue on the VC clearance. Its not the worst install I've ever done, it just takes a lot of time. The whole dash has to be pulled to get to the box. Luckily I was pulling it to rewire everything anyway.

I heard that it does (from the guys at Anderson Performance).