Aspire A/C Swap??? Possible?

[links56]

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to take the A/C off of a aspire and put it on a Festy? Thanks.

[mr2gq]

I was wondering the same thing. I know they use a different evaporator core and im not sure if it would fit. The rest im sure you could put on no problem

[Basement_Modder]

If you can make the hoses fit and find a place to mount it under the hood where it will spin, it could work. That said, you could apply this logic to an A/C unit from any car.

[htchbck]

Its possible, as long as you can come up with the right crank pulley setup to match the compressor and lines that are either close enough or can be bent into shape. All the Mazda B stuff I've worked with in my franken-AC build used the same size and thread pitch for the line connections, and I successfully mated a Protege BP compressor to a '93 Festiva B3 using lines from an 89 323 B6. The evap core/box and condensor were both for a festiva, but I'm sure you could find a condensor from something else that would fit, as long as the lines bolt up. The Evap core/box combo is the only thing that I could see requiring heavy modification to make something from another car work. When you pick out a compressor make sure you get the lines that are for it or lines from another car that fits that compressor, since there are a couple of different profiles for the manifolds on the compressor. Also, get the bracket that matches the compressor. There are at least three different styles I've seen, all will bolt to any B series block, but if you have the wrong bracket it will not fit the compressor.