Anyone removed the Aircon?

[Chrisc]

Mine has the climate, but i never use aircon ever. When i stripped my last M3, i realised that the compressor is on its own belt, so easy to remove. And all the pipes and condenser are easy to remove, and re-attach if needed (coming to sell etc)

So anyone done it? Just more to free up the engine bay a tad, and to add 100bhp

[Csl spurs]

Originally Posted by Chrisc

Mine has the climate, but i never use aircon ever. When i stripped my last M3, i realised that the compressor is on its own belt, so easy to remove. And all the pipes and condenser are easy to remove, and re-attach if needed (coming to sell etc)

So anyone done it? Just more to free up the engine bay a tad, and to add 100bhp

I've thought about doing it as with everything removed you can shed 40 ibs in weight.

[Chrisc]

Exactly. I would want to be able to put it all back in, well just for resale. But I'm sure it would be easy enough. Or just get some ice cubes

[portlandgrey]

The aircon would be the last thing I removed.

If you want to shed some weight & make the car sound & feel totally different, strip out the rear seats, boot carpet/ floor & all boot trim.
I did mine when it went in for the floor pan repair & the car sounded mental.

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by portlandgrey

The aircon would be the last thing I removed.

If you want to shed some weight & make the car sound & feel totally different, strip out the rear seats, boot carpet/ floor & all boot trim.
I did mine when it went in for the floor pan repair & the car sounded mental.

+1

I think you'd regret, particularly on euro trips !

Other ways to extract the weight.. As per above, stereo, diet !

[Chrisc]

I only weigh 105kg, so a girl really

Will see if it works. If it does it may stay, if not then bye bye

[_Nathan_]

40lbs is too much IMO, I recall it being 12KG, unless you are planning on removing the heater matrix as well.

Keep it, there is a reason why non aircon cars are cheaper than ones that have it.