Dramatically less power with A/C running?
 

I don't know if this is a normal thing on all mustangs, but when I have my A/C running I get a much less power level than if I had the A/C off. Is there something wrong with my car? Help pleaase...

A/C steals power. Its normal.. My car loses power when A/C is on..and my Gas mileage Goes down alot as well when its on..therefor...I dont even use my A/C.

i barely notice any drop when my AC is on....

Yeah I hate using the A/C because of it... there isn't anything you can buy that will fix that is there?? my girlfriend loooves the A/C so i'm constantly having to lose power.. when I turn the A/C on my car does a quick jump because of it.. really sucks

is your car a six or an eight?

My sixer was REALLLY bad about AC power loss. That's why I never used it. I thhink the only time I really used it at all is if it was really hot and the car had been baking in the sun for a couple of hours. I would use it to cool the interior then turn it right back off.

:shakeno:

I just role the windows down or drop the top, I rarely use AC

my GT lags some with A/C on. I rarely use it.

lol ..my GF is the same way...

jack, i think that manual cars feel it more than autos for some reason

I hardly notice it :)

Very seldom use it though.

Completely normal for cars to do that though. It takes a good bit of power to run that condenser...
I notice it but rarely use it, much prefer the windows down!

+1

Thats cause you have 9 billion HP!! lol.

AYO Lance...how much did you Buy ya COBRA for? how many miles Was on it when you bought it...

Im looking at a Black cobra right now

I gave $23,900 for it with 19,800 miles on it.

Was offered $25,000 for it the other day :)

its a standard v8... im getting so sick of women being in my car and forcing me to have the A/C on.. "but the humidity will make my hair frizzy!!!"
:godamnit:

lol i think all girls are the same way, my ac dont even work so i dont have worry about puttint it on or not, looks like my girl is guna have to get use to driving with the windows down

My car dies when i turn the A/C on... It's pretty cool

Big cam + A/C = put put, blahhh

As of now, I just say "Either you put up w/ the windows or the loud clicking noise that the AC makes." Usually they chose the first choice.

+1

haha

maybe this is your solution. get a big cam so your car dies, and then when the girl asks for the a/c, tell her you cant.
:Woot:

I LIKE IT I LIKE IT!! very good solution to my problem lol...:ohsnap:

I hardly notice the load on my GT. But I use the hell outta my AC. Its too damn hot down here in Mississippi not to run it. Plus those damn leather seats dont help out at all when ya get in there after its sat in the sun for hours. I got 3rd degree burns on my legs last summer from that chit! :nomore:

dood, either do the cam thing, or just take out the air conditioning!

can't tell you to turn on what's not there

yeah i live in Texas so its hot as hell right now.. i also have all black leather interior so it sucks up the sun.. feels like its 200 degrees when first getting in

you did not get 3rd degreeburns from your seat. 2nd degree maybe...just maybe if you couldnt remove your body part from the seat fast enough. Go look up what a third degree burn looks like.

100% agreed that leather...black leather...SUCKS. too hot...just not 3rd degree burn hot. lol.

i'm sure he didn't mean that literally zig, just letting us know his seats were hott as hell on a summer day..lol