I noticed the other day that when I kicked on my a/c the car didn't seem to loose much power - and I got thinking. If that'* the case, than the PCM probably accounts for the ac compressor being on and kicks things up a notch, right?

and if the PCM does that, is there a way to trick the PCM into thinking that the AC is on when it'* not? would you be able to send a dummy 12v to the right place and get a little extra oomph?

just wonderin -

matt

You don't notice the AC as much as you would in a 4-cylinder or smaller V6 because you have decent power. The PCM doesn't make any adjustments to 'up' the power at all.

I think the only thing it tells the PCM is to keep the idle up when you're at a stand still ( As my boost gauge runs higher with A/C on.. but to be honest.. all A/C robs power.)

the AC systems probably dont take that much power to run, and we have plenty of torque and HP to nott notice it.

heh... must be too used to driving the shadow around...

bummer though, that it doesn't do anything extra for you when the a/c is turned on.

so it goes, so it goes.

matt

used to be that way with my toyota but the bonnie never misses a lic