Hello there,will an stock 1200 coupe engine (a12) could handle an air condition and still keep good power at the engine. I'm in Texas and it gets pretty hot over here,air
condition is almost a necesity over here. Any sugestions? Thank you,this 1200 car club is great.Keep up the great job guys.

My green 1200 sedan had Air Conditioning and it ran well with the stock 1200. Unlike a friend's Volkswagen Rabbit diesel, it would slow fron 60 MPH to 45 when he turned the AC on.
What a shit car the Rabbit Diesel was.

Hey all, has anyone in Australia had AC in their car? Did 1200s come out with it?
How much would it cost to have it installed?
i dont like heat.
thanks all, Linc

Air con? Whats that? Who needs air con when u have the little side vent window. hehe. I love the heat and couldnt care less if air con was never invented. All it does is
draw power from your engine instead of spinning the wheels!! But yes, air con did come standard in some 1200s.

Scott
Davo

One story I heard years ago was that the 1200s were fitted with optional air conditioning as a way around getting an oil cooler homologated into production racing. The heat exchanger
core was removed and replaced with the oil cooler in the front grille panel the one with the small square punched in it and the larger square around it that was partially cut out. As
they were both forms of radiators/coolers they were allowed. Another clever trick that was pulled in the old days involved an intricate series of copper pipes installed into the fuel
tank of a 1200 coupe. Diff oil coolers weren't allowed and the 1200 diffs aren't the strongest so a Holley Blue fuel pump was hooked up to pump the diff oil though the copper coil in the
tank using the fuel to cool the oil. Once the diff coolers were allowed the tank was removed until a nosy young bastard (me) found it in a rather embaressed racer's workshop years later.

I saw a 1200 with AC here in the states many years back. The AC unit was an aftermarket item but fit perfectly under the dash. You might be able to find such a unit
from aftermarket sources today. As far as power loss, no way around that.