I'm in Houston. No A/C=junk here. What's your location? Will you be able to enjoy the car without A/C? I would at least retain heat in the car for defrost. A functional vent system would also probably be nice.
1986 Cultass Supreme Brougham
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As Jared mentioned above...your location and your preference may dictate whether you want to have A/C or not. On my Camino everything was there so I was going to retain it. On the boy's Malibu we were going to swap to a factory heat only setup to help clean up under the hood, he also had a notion that "hot rods" don't have A/C.
One thing to keep in mind is if you decide to swap to a heat only system to retain some form of heat/defrost for early spring late fall evenings....every component between an A/C system and a heat only system is different...right down to the glove box liner.
One thing to keep in mind is if you decide to swap to a heat only system to retain some form of heat/defrost for early spring late fall evenings....every component between an A/C system and a heat only system is different...right down to the glove box liner.
Well I don't need ac. I live in Michigan. It's cold enough here for me anyway. But I would like heat. But the only problem, as you guys mentioned, a heat only system is completely different. I want a clean looking engine bay. I could do a complete heat and ac delete panel, but I wouldn't have heat whenever I drive the car. You see my problem? Maybe it's just my OCD, but I hate the way the ac system is hacked up under the hood right now
PM 81Regal. I think he has a complete heat only setup.....
https://gbodyforum.com/threads/getting-out-of-g-bodys.59827/
https://gbodyforum.com/threads/getting-out-of-g-bodys.59827/
I was going to suggest contacting him as well....I had the better part of two complete heat only setups here but I've since sold most of it off. I seem to run across them fairly often here....maybe GM figured we didn't need A/C here.
Jeff's a good guy to deal with...
I think the only parts I have left is the under/behind dash ducting and a couple of heat only heater cores...
Jeff's a good guy to deal with...
I think the only parts I have left is the under/behind dash ducting and a couple of heat only heater cores...
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Also, do you guys know of a good product to repair dash cracks? My dash is not in terrible shape. I think I could save it without putting a dash cap on it.
I don't know of one. Try a google search "cracked dash repair" and see if any good links or videos come up. 81Regal might also have a dash.
I've been lucky enough to find and pull a few crack free dashes here...mind you I was dealing mostly with Chevy stuff. I've sold a few locally and swapped in what we needed here. I've passed up so many crack free Olds and Pontiac dashes it's not funny, but I don't pull them as shipping is much too costly out of Canada.
Also, if I were to swap in a bigger camshaft for my 350 Rocket, would I need to change anything internally in the motor?
It depends on how much lift you plan to go with. If the cam is reasonably mild you can reuse the factory rockers. I put Edelbrock roller tip rockers on my 403 because they fit under the factory valve covers. There are other, better full rollers available but they require taller valve covers.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cca-1442-16/overview/make/oldsmobile
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