looking for some diy instructions for removing the a/c and power steering from a 96 accord ex f22b1.

just lookin to get some more power

 

not exactly the best way to gain power as its not much to be had and makes your standard of living far less. AC is very straight forward, just remove the compressor, lines, belt, condenser, and if your really ambitious the whatever its called in the dash(sorry its getting late forgot the name).

PS is a little more complicated, easy way would be just to remove the belt. Not a full delete but yeah.

 

ill agree with the above stated i have just removed my pwer steering belt and started with just the the A/C belt, but after discharging all the freon into the A/C machine at work i removed the condenser in front of the radiator the accumulator dryer and the compressor.... some wieght savings to no??? im gunna have to upload some pics.....

 

and as a reply, removing the A/C belt and pwr steering belt you can get as much as 30 whp out of it..

 

Removing the entire P/S and A/C systems saves about 30-40lbs worth of weight. It can be noticeable and it sometimes can't be. 5hp for free? I'll take it.

It's not all that hard to do. Looping the steering rack is about the hardest part. (You can't plug the hoses, otherwise you can't trun teh wheel much.)

 

lol, leaving the power steering for that occasion you want it is nice, just removing the belt, yay couple horses in 5 minutes! XD

 

The only time I've needed it was parallel parking on stock sized wheels and tires. It gets much easier on larger wheels and smaller tires. MUCH easier.

 

so can i just simply remove the belts? don't i need to buy another belt or something?

ive never really messed with the belt assembly before

 

PS has its own belt, you can simply remove it.

AC shares the same belt with the alternator, so you need that.
But... When the AC is turned off, the compressor doesn't even spin. It just acts like an idler pulley, very little resistance.

OTOH, if you want to REMOVE the AC compressor for weight-reduction, then you have to get a different belt for the alternator. Maybe the belt from an Accord DX (which doesn't have AC)?

 

When I got rid of my AC I just measured what I needed to just run the alternator and called napa and they got me what I needed.