Re: Major bogging in heat with AC on!

From: John Clawson (johnc@asltg.com)
Date: Fri Jul 27 2001 - 14:00:34 EDT


Bwahahahaha!!!!! That's about as subtle as a falling brick!!!!

jc

Andy Levy wrote:

> There's probably something I can buy to "adjust" the IAT readings too, right?
>
> bernd@texas.net wrote:
>
> > Try relocating your IAT Sensor and see what happens. ;)
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > > I've got an electric on my V8 and I get some bogging with the A/C on as well,
> > > but the 90+ heat doesn't exactly help the situation - my truck has always felt
> > > sluggish when the heat and humidity get way up there.
> > >
> > > Check with Chuck on an electric setup for a '99 V6, he's got a real nice one.
> > >
> > > "(MAGNUM S/T)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Man....my poor lil V6 was bogging real bad during the mini heat wave we had
> > > > round here this week. It even got to the point where the fan was making that
> > > > loud noise while accelerating that seems to take away power (or am I
> > > > imagining this??)
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, if you know what I'm taking about with respect to the fan kicking in
> > > > during driving and the bogging...will replacing the factory fan set-up with
> > > > an electric fan relieve much of this??? I realize there is a significant
> > > > loss of HP with the AC turned on...thats why I dont use it much...but the HP
> > > > loss I was experiencing seemed much worse.
> > > >
> > > > Note: I drove it today in the cool 68 degree air and it ran fine.
> > > >
> > > > ...in a nutshell I'm looking for the pros of getting an electric fan setup
> > > > on my 99. I just dropped $1300 putting a new tranny in my wife's Tracker
> > > > (don't ask)...so the thought of spending allot on the Dak is not very
> > > > welcome :-)
> > > >
> > > > Later all,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Kevin
> > > > 99 Solar Yellow Magnum S/T
> > > > Custom Graphix
> > > > Quick-D TB/K&N Intake
> > > > StreetScene RP w/Dual Hooker outlets
> > > > Flowmaster 50 Delta Flow-AR767s-Extang etc...
> > > > http://webpages.charter.net/khoegen
> > > > kevinhoegen@email.com
> > >



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