Vintage Air w/ top off.

[GMC-YA68]

Anyone have Vintage Air or similar set up and run around with their top off? I am trying to gauge if you can actually feel the cool air or not on a given summer day.

In my old jeeps it wasn't too bad. Hot outside, but you could at least feel some cold air hitting you. I am just curious because if I am going to get a system I want to do it now and not later.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks
Keegan

[hemi43]

I just bought the system from Old Air and wondering the same. Gotta be better than nothing. LOL

[ls1nova71]

You likley won't feel a thing with the top off. Vintage Air is nice, but they dont move huge volumes of air like a factory unit will do. But honestly, are you REALLY wanting to run the air with the top off????

[4oldcars]

I have Vintage air and run with the windows down but I never take the top off. It stays comfortable to me but the wife *****es. But that's what wives do.

[PGG]

I have factory and had vintage air in my 1977 FJ40 with no top it does little to nothing at all with either one. I am currently working on a cold seat project that is not going well so far. I bought a cool shirt set up for going under a race car drivers fire suit and am trying to have it converted into the seats. If this fails and so far its looking not great I will try a jockey box set up like you make cold draft beer with and use stainless steel woven hoses to see if that works. I have post on this elsewhere but not updated yet as its failing so far. I am open to ideas if anyone has any. PG

[cleszkie]

All aftermarket AC systems rely on cooling recirculated air. By removing the top, you are constantly feeding the system fresh warm/hot air. Therefore, the system has a snowball's chance in h$ll to produce and detectable cold air out the vents.

[RustyBucket]

Factory air, no top... you can feel the cool air if you put your hand in front of the vent. Maybe in the shade if it was real still and you were stopped it might cool you off a little. I never put the top on and last time I turned the air on the compressor squealed real bad probably from disuse. Neighbor said it's a bearing in the compressor. Pretty much drive the Blazer evenings in the Summer.... Fall, Winter, & Spring it gets a lot more miles here in central Fl.. Old fair skin can't stand the sun much anymore.

[colgad]

Originally Posted by RustyBucket

Factory air, no top... you can feel the cool air if you put your hand in front of the vent. Maybe in the shade if it was real still and you were stopped it might cool you off a little. I never put the top on and last time I turned the air on the compressor squealed real bad probably from disuse. Neighbor said it's a bearing in the compressor. Pretty much drive the Blazer evenings in the Summer.... Fall, Winter, & Spring it gets a lot more miles here in central Fl.. Old fair skin can't stand the sun much anymore.

What size wheels and tires do you have on your great looking Blazer?
Thanks!

[RustyBucket]

TorqThrust 11's, 8" F, 9" R. 255/55/18 F, 285/50/18 R thanks

[GMC-YA68]

I think you are going the wrong way down the track!!

[RustyBucket]

Originally Posted by GMC-YA68

I think you are going the wrong way down the track!!

yeah, for the circle track... Volusia Co. Speedway had a couple of nostalgia drag race Sundays last year. $5 admission, burn all the tire you want. Used about 250' on pit road but you didn't want to go too fast 'cause you had to negotiate turn 4. Had a pretty girl starting the races with an arm drop. Pretty good variety of cars & motorcycles. My neighbor brought his dragster that he's had since 1975.

[ls1nova71]

Figured I'd bring this thread back from the dead now that I finally got my A/C to come on through the PCM, and can tell you from todays experience that having the air on and the top off does nothing when you're moving other than cooling your hands off when you feel the vent to make sure the cold air is still coming out of it! Today it was 93* with high humidity, and the vents got a lot of condensation on them, so I suppose if you put a cup under them, eventually you'd have some water to drink when you're baking in the sun.....

[RustyBucket]

...... maybe if we all synchronized our watches and turned on the A/C to the COLDEST setting in our topless veh.s all over the country at the exact same time we could ..............
all have our hands feel a little cool
Night before last I took the Blazer out at about 11:30 and blasted around for an hr. and a half. Temperature was great but I plastered the front and windshield with bugs. Spent 45min. scrubbing 'em off.

[GMC-YA68]

Originally Posted by ls1nova71

Figured I'd bring this thread back from the dead now that I finally got my A/C to come on through the PCM, and can tell you from todays experience that having the air on and the top off does nothing when you're moving other than cooling your hands off when you feel the vent to make sure the cold air is still coming out of it! Today it was 93* with high humidity, and the vents got a lot of condensation on them, so I suppose if you put a cup under them, eventually you'd have some water to drink when you're baking in the sun.....

You just saved me $1,500 lol...

[Tomo]

Like PGG mentioned above I wonder if cooled seats will be the way to go. Anyone have experience with cooled seats in any type of convertible?

[truckster]

Originally Posted by Tomo

Like PGG mentioned above I wonder if cooled seats will be the way to go. Anyone have experience with cooled seats in any type of convertible?

I have solar-powered heated leather seats in my Z28 convertible. They're always nice and warm when I get in, at least this time of year.