A/C condenser for LS swap?

[Wagon Master]

Well the wagon is finally back from the body shop and now its time to put it back together.

One of the first things I have to do is put the cooling system in (radiator, hoses, fans, relays). But before I do, the A/C condenser has to go in. The stock A/C condensor has the inlet/outlet on the drivers side. But with the LS engine, the compressor is on the passenger side. So to make running the hoses cleaner and easier, it would be nice for the I/O to be on the pass side.

I heard that the Grand National condenser has the I/O on the pass side, so I did a little research on Rock Auto and if the pictures are correct, it is on the pass side. But according to the dimensions, it's slightly shorter and slightly longer than the stock one.

Has anyone done this A/C condenser swap and do you know if it will fit or did you use another condenser?

Thanks!

 

[79loserbluebu]

The cutlass and regal ones fit great

 

[Wagon Master]

And the inlet/outlet is on the pass side?

 

[79loserbluebu]

Sorry for the bad response was on my phone. The inlet and outlet are indeed on the passenger side. I've heard of people using 3rd generation F-body AC lines and bending them to work but I really didn't feel the need to find some and then have new hoses put on. I ended up using the original high pressure line, heated the aluminum to bend it the way I want. With the compressor I've got the AC lines can be clocked and then brazed to the adapter fitting just as the originals were. I cut my hose the length I needed and had an AC shop do the lines for me. I just need to braze the high and low pressure fittings along with a high pressure switch port.

 

[Wagon Master]

Thanks for the info!

 

[lt4malibu]

G-body LS swap and a/c: my solution - LS1TECH - Camaro and Firebird Forum Discussion

Conversions & Swaps - G-body LS swap and a/c: my solution - figured id make a new thread for this instead of burying it in the build thread i had for the car. i searched a bunch on here and found a few ideas but nothing seemed to really work for me. originally i wanted to run the factory 98-2002...

ls1tech.com

 

[Wagon Master]

Thanks, you have a lot of great detailed info there. I'm going to have to go back to that when i'm ready to get the A/C going as that is pretty close to the bottom of the list right now.

What I'm seeing is from these pictures is that everyone has the A/C compressor high mounted. I used the BRP motor mounts and crossmember kit and the low mounted A/C compressor cleared the frame rails with no problem. There was even no issue with the lines out of the back. As you can see the lines come out of the back and one comes across the top and the other comes out from underneath.

 

[lt4malibu]

on mine the F-body compressor would fit but the lines couldnt be bolted to the back of the compressor. the holley bracket had just come out and i actually had an R4 compressor new in the box. i had read some of the variable displacement compressors couldnt really keep up with the older system which is why i went the route of the R4(because it actually came on the g-body). even on the hottest days the a/c was ice cold, worked better than my truck that was 30 years newer lol

 

[Wagon Master]

I'm going to stick with what I got for now, see how it works, and if it can't keep up at least I have a solution to fix it. Thanks again!!