I don't know if the vanagon compressor is sucking that much, but even so, it's no wonder the WBX'r drops rpm's when the compressor kicks in! Often times I shut it off to climb a grade just to get a little extra oomph and to keep the temps down.
On Aug 28, 2007, at 7:09 PM, Rob wrote: > At 8/28/2007 05:51 PM, Keith Ovregaard wrote: >> IIRC, most compressors rob about 5 >> horse power from the engine. > > When they added a freon A/C compressor to the tailrotor drive shaft of > the HH-65A helicopter (it was an automotive compressor and this was in > the late 80's) they told us it took 14 hp to operate. > > > > Rob > becida@comcast.net |
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