These first two pictures are in the engine bay, I insulated that cool outlet line leading back into the compressor by wrapping an old water hose around it and taping with HVAC tape. I was worried the tape would come loose from the engine heat but so far so good.
So here are the pictures...
Oh I forgot to add something that may have contributed, I couldn't bring myself to drop 550 dollars on a new headliner so I made on out of mdf board with a hardwood style pattern on it. I put some of that silver bubble wrap insulation between it and the cab roof so I'm sure that may have helped...
Ricko, Thanks for the heads up, I'm not sure if that's necessary but creating a bypass will be too easy so I'll go ahead and do that.
Yev, eventually I'm going to do an LS swap so will end up with a Sanden but this is the first I've heard of a parallel flow condenser so I'm going to check it out!
Like most people I was not satisfied with the performance of my 1991 Suburban V2500 AC Performance. Most threads that I could find suggested replacing the compressor with a Sanden style unit, before spending the time and money I decided to look for improvements in the factory setup. I did this...