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Old 06-06-2022, 08:10 AM   #26 (permalink)
R.W.Dale
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The silver bullet - '01 Saturn S Sohc 5 speed
90 day: 40.84 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Have you measured any eventual impact of the insulation removal to the efficiency of the AC?

There's no impact

This car lacks any kind of automatic climate control or a variable displacement compressor. The AC is either full on or off. It keeps the car cool so far up into the 90s F although the real triple digit tests is yet to come

I did tint the rear windows and part of the windshield to the legal limits to help the AC out as much as possible and just generally make the car more comfortable

EDIT after commuting in the rain this morning I realized there's another mpg benefit to removal of the carpet and a seat. Without as much grody moisture absorbing material in the car I don't have to run the defrost nearly as much which does run the ac compressor
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