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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone Hyper's Avatar
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    I'm still using the fd wheels. I lowered the car and changed the tire size. I'm currently using Bridgestone RE-11 245/45/16
    Do you have any size profile shots?

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    I had the ac lines remade since they were leaking freon. I also installed a brand new compressor. The lines were heated and bended to be routed around the v-mount when it was installed with lots of questionable kinks. So I took those lines to be templated for the new lines. They reused the fittings and welded it to the aluminum.
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    Catching up on the thread. The engine forensics on tear down are disconcerting. I hope the sins of the previous owner and shops have been resolved. It looks to be. Nice work and documentation!

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    So my onslaught towards cold blowing A/C might be a bit hysterical or over the top.


    I do have cold A/C but only when I'm cruising high speeds, in the rain, and when the temperature outside is below mid 80s

    I don't believe the air is cooling the condenser as well as the intercooler or the radiator where the radiator fans underneath are extracting the heat at a fast 2700 cfm's combined.


    I am currently installing a Spal Fan that has a true 708CFM's that I'll be mounting on top of the condenser pulling air from the main mouth of the car where the Radiator receives most of the air flow.

    I am almost considering buying a second fan because it actually might fit. The condenser measures a rough 10x24 and is meeting the intercooler towards the rear at a sloped angle. It starts getting tighter towards the back so i needed a small depth fan.


    Yes the hot condenser will be blowing air onto the intercooler.


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    My quest for my A/C to perform as efficient as possible continues with the purchase of a CoverCraft Sunshade. Parking the car while Jeanne and I are enjoying the weekend cruise and doing some historic district shopping etc.( " she's calls it antiquing" Don't judge me lol) but the car bakes in the sun. Florida parking lots have no trees to retreat underneath to.

    Well, one step closer to my insanity consists of this custom cut CoverCraft UVS100 through https://www.carid.com/1993-mazda-rx-...-10095883.html Keeping the dash as ambient as possible is my goal because the A/C has to cool the dash before we can really feel the cool air. I ordered the UVS100 and waited for a month to receive the product. That wait seem to be nonexistent as I put the shade on the front windshield. I couldn't believe how nicely it fit. I mean were talking snug with little to no light protruding through the edge of the pillar. Its structure is a very thick accordion style fold board that seems to have strength since it can prop itself up without the help of the sun visors to lay it flat against the windshield. The instructions though ask for you to press them against the sunshade.

    I also had the option to pick a reflective color which was Gold because I am engulfed in the Montego Blue life and Gold along with Bronze goes well with the paint.

    Heres some pictures. I am also going to have installed a 3M crystalline Clear tint on the windshield to keep the dash cool while driving because the A/C is cooling the dash before it cools us.
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    I need one of those badly.. Nice purchase.

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