<div dir="ltr">First thing is to make sure that the tunnel and floor boards are sealed and insulated.  Second thing that really helps is getting the headers jet hot coated, as it helps push the heat out the tailpipe rather than radiated into the engine bay.  With those two changes, you will probably not need AC for most of the time.... my two cents.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:16 AM, R. Lindsay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com" target="_blank">050.rpl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Now that I live in Florida, I am considering installing AC in my BJ8.  To no one’s surprise, the heat/humidity is brutal in the summer and makes driving in traffic almost unbearable!  (OK, I’m soft)<div><br></div><div>I’d like to do it myself and Vintage Air seems to have a nice system that appears to be fairly easy to install.  I know several members have done this and I’d love to “talk” with someone who’s been through it before with an Austin Healey or someone that can refer me to a web site that would help me anticipate what I’m getting myself into.  I’ve a number of questions from simple, “Should I pull the engine?”, to more difficult, “ Do I need to modify my wiring?”, and every thing in between.  The car has been converted to negative ground already so, I’ve got that behind me.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your insights.<br><div>
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