Yes, Jon, I knew what you meant but I had to hassle you anyway...

I think Hondas & other carshave been able to shut off the AC under strong acceleration for awhile. My '95 Integra could do that, as well as the '98 & '03 Accords. But you really had to be in the gas pedal before it did that.
My '89 Saab could shut off the AC, but my '86 Jetta couldn't.

 

before i never really paid attention but now i see what you guys are talking about....darn.what was honda doing...they could've done better[:@]

BUT ONCE again returning to my point...a DOHC engine wouldn't have had that type of decrease..

 

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Oh yeah? My DB8 Integra GSR was DOHC VTEC & it did the same thing with AC. The AC was always a pain because it would throw off the rhythm of shifting because the engine would spin down at a different rate between gears.

 

well my accord is an auto and i noticed today that i accidentally bumped over to D3 and i had much better throttle response with AC on. only thing is when i'm on D3 i noticed that i can smell something burning when i'm hitting high speeds...

another thing i noticed is that when i'm on D4, my car can be doing 50MPH and still on 2K RPM... but when i'm on D3 its like i'm at high RPM's...i'm like in the 4K's...

 

Hmmm.... probably because D3 limits the transmission to shifting up to 3rd gear, no 4th. As for the response, it's most likely because you're accelerating from a lower gear, instead of downshifting and then accelerating.

 

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it would. even my H22A, with the AC on i can still feel a difference in power...double overhead cams makes no difference whatsoever in this situation... the Accords just have a really good AC compressor, and it sucks alot of power from the engine, even with the ~230-240hp my car should be making it still feels a little laggier with the AC on, no where near how it was with the F23A1, but it's still there...

i think what makes the most difference for this type of thing is displacement, i dont think the V6 models suffer from this problem near as much as the I-4 cars.

 

My 95 V6 does the same thing
My 5 liter Mustang loses power too. Displacement doesn't matter

 

that could be it but hey,i guess its true what they say...sometimes you have tosacrifice something to achieve something else. so i guess basically if you want comfort you lose power, if you want power you lose comfort.