Electric Air Conditioning ?

911, 912, 914, 356 and all other air-cooled cars!
Guytranspo
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Anyone using electric AC in their early car?

My dream is to put AC in my 912. I would drive my car far more if I didn’t have to sit sweating in traffic.
It’s really hot in the Los Angeles desert much of the year.

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I know a guy who builds air-cooled 911 hot rods, and he uses the electric A/C in most of them. Apparently works well. But even late model 911s require an electrical upgrade, the A/C draws a LOT of power. I can't imagine a stock 912 charging system being able to keep up.
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Current Porsche - 2018 718 Cayman 2.0 litre
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche- ... st12043990

https://www.classicretrofit.com/en-us/c ... nditioning

Classic Retrofit does a system specifically for the air cooled 911's. Not cheap and it pretty much requires an upgraded alternator. If I ever go back to A/C I expect this is what I will do.

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I was just talking to a friend about this, he mentioned that https://www.vertexauto.com sells an electric a/c kit. I don't see it on the website, so might have to give them a call for details.

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Thanks for the responses.
I appreciate the input.

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