Hi Tom,

I would be extremely interested in working with you to design a solution to
either integrate an AC evaporator in the stock front heater unit or simply
fit another unit in place with the heater and AC built in. I have been
thinking of doing that for several years now. Maybe if we put our heads
together we can come up with a workable option.

Other benefits would be to use all of the existing Vanagon venting and not
give up any fresh air only vents as with solution highlighted by Larry Chase
a few months back.

I live in Rochester NY and my wife's family is located in Lockport NY near
Buffalo. Aside from being an average little town with a bunch of locks on
the Erie canal, it is also the place where Delphi (formerly Harrison
Radiator) manufactures all of the radiators and evaporative systems for the
GM product line. Delphi also manufactures custom components for other
brands. The point of this is that I have some friends, who are car nuts,
and have discussed the lack of efficient AC in our Vanagons. One of my
friend is an AC engineer designing AC efficiency for the Saturns. What I'm
offering is that if we (you, I and the List(s)) come up with a suitable
evaporator, I could get my buddy to help us engineer the piping, hoses,
electronics and compressor requirements.

I own an 89 Syncro Westfalia with an existing AC system blowing from the
rear of the van. The rear passenger are quite cozy while the front
passenger and myself are baking in the summer. I know that I also need to
do some work on my heater unit to close off and reseal the incoming air
flaps. In the summertime warm air continues to come in being detrimental to
whatever the poor rear AC is trying to blow forward. This is probably the
case in most of our 11+ year old vans where the rubber foam has
deteriorated. I would want to continue to have the rear AC plus whatever
solution we can come up with in the front.

Please let me know how I can contribute to this project to get efficient AC
in our vans.

Thank You,

Joel warming up to 25 in Rochester

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