I was wondering if anyone has an air conditioning system and heating system in there LX Sedan Torana that works through the standard vents and controls. Im curious as to this as my mate has a air conditioning box in his HZ One Tonner and its a big box thing and isn't the best looking thing and would really stick out on a Torana and i wanna make it a nice cruising everyday car now as iv suffered with tunnel traffic, freezing morning and nights and fogged windows that is dangerous to drive (even though nothing will stop me driving my Torana).
So as i said im just curious to any ideas anyone had, anyone knows something like this done or knows anyone in NSW that will do it.
Cheers
Mark Beath
Air Conditioning and Heating - New Into Old
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 08:09 AM
Can't help with the cooling but the heater should be dead easy to fix with a gregorys.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 09:12 AM
I cant tell you about the torrys but some kingers came with a (aftermarket?) under dash a/c setup.It uses the factory vent/controls and isnt a knee freeze.It basically sits right behind the glove box on the kingswood but you lose some of your glove box.I have three of these evap boxs setups at home after getting charged $150 from the wreckers because they are "very rare"only to go to the tip and fine another two,not for sale though.
A retrofit in to a torry possibly?Othewise a vintage air setup all some thing along those lines might work too.
A retrofit in to a torry possibly?Othewise a vintage air setup all some thing along those lines might work too.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 12:10 PM
I have had three A/C systems in may hatch over the last 20 years.
The first system was a standard under dash on the passenger side which was easy to install and worked well.
Then a friend had a HJ with the aftermarket A/C fitted in front of the vent fan under the dash. I bought the system and fitted it to the Torana about ten years ago, it worked ok but not great. The two main problems were the air was heated by the engine bay when travelling through the fan cowl and condensation in the heater box. I had to seal the heater box and fit a couple of drain tubes. I also had to shorten the glove box. When I fitted the LS2 I threw the aftermarket HJ system in the bin.
I am currently working on a system using a hotrod heater and A/C to replace the Torana heater. It looks like it will work but I will not know how well until the car is back on the road.
The first system was a standard under dash on the passenger side which was easy to install and worked well.
Then a friend had a HJ with the aftermarket A/C fitted in front of the vent fan under the dash. I bought the system and fitted it to the Torana about ten years ago, it worked ok but not great. The two main problems were the air was heated by the engine bay when travelling through the fan cowl and condensation in the heater box. I had to seal the heater box and fit a couple of drain tubes. I also had to shorten the glove box. When I fitted the LS2 I threw the aftermarket HJ system in the bin.
I am currently working on a system using a hotrod heater and A/C to replace the Torana heater. It looks like it will work but I will not know how well until the car is back on the road.
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you can get them for the torana they are hard to find i have an a/c that woks thru the factory vents for my lx just havent got around to doing it yet dont know if i can be bothered
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Are you aware that fact integrated a/c was an option on the LH to UC. Uses the central vents, all the guts of it goes under the bonnet. You would need to access a complete system with all the controls including the heater box, its got a few differences,I was wondering if anyone has an air conditioning system and heating system in there LX Sedan Torana that works through the standard vents and controls. Im curious as to this as my mate has a air conditioning box in his HZ One Tonner and its a big box thing and isn't the best looking thing and would really stick out on a Torana and i wanna make it a nice cruising everyday car now as iv suffered with tunnel traffic, freezing morning and nights and fogged windows that is dangerous to drive (even though nothing will stop me driving my Torana).
So as i said im just curious to any ideas anyone had, anyone knows something like this done or knows anyone in NSW that will do it.
Cheers
Mark Beath
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Posted 02 January 2009 - 08:42 AM
Hi all,
I Have adapted a toyota hilux A/C system into my torrie, it's an easy installation for someone with some mechanical skills, have a look at my cardomain site (link below on page 4)for details and photo's of how to install the system. It all works through the standard control panel. The A/C works fantastic on a 40deg day and I can have the A/C and heater on at the same time for demisting.
Len.
I Have adapted a toyota hilux A/C system into my torrie, it's an easy installation for someone with some mechanical skills, have a look at my cardomain site (link below on page 4)for details and photo's of how to install the system. It all works through the standard control panel. The A/C works fantastic on a 40deg day and I can have the A/C and heater on at the same time for demisting.
Len.
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Hi all,
I Have adapted a toyota hilux A/C system into my torrie, it's an easy installation for someone with some mechanical skills, have a look at my cardomain site (link below on page 4)for details and photo's of how to install the system. It all works through the standard control panel. The A/C works fantastic on a 40deg day and I can have the A/C and heater on at the same time for demisting.
Len.
That looks really good. A write up with more detailed pics would be great if you had the time.
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Posted 02 January 2009 - 11:01 AM
The Hliux A/C setup is pretty popular with Hot Rods too. Compact and efficient system.
Nice work!
Nice work!
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Posted 04 January 2009 - 08:20 AM
Lamo sorry but I didn't take to many photo's of the underdash unit when I installed it, it's all hidden behind the dash now and I am not going to strip It out now for a photo shoot. In my last post I said the write up was on page 4 sorry my mistake it's on page 3 and has the full write up and photo's. did you look on this page?
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Posted 05 January 2009 - 09:45 PM
Gday Len.
Thats a great setup you have for your torrie. I was looking for something similar for my sandman which had the system that goes behind the glovebox. If you can fit it neatly into an LX then it should adapt well to a HZ. I might follow it up!!
Thats a great setup you have for your torrie. I was looking for something similar for my sandman which had the system that goes behind the glovebox. If you can fit it neatly into an LX then it should adapt well to a HZ. I might follow it up!!
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