Ghetto Air Conditioning Delete

[Codfather]

Hello again everyone,
It's been a weird few years.
My project is slowly progressing and the interior is essentially finished - rollcage is in and interior resprayed white, new door cards etc.

For various French car related reasons I have had to peel the front bumper off to open the bonnet and while I'm here I thought this would be a great chance to remove the air con. It never worked, the condenser looks disgusting and I have no need for it.

I see plenty of £300 air con delete kits available to remove the air con compressor and retain belt tension, but frankly with the amount this is costing me, I'm not inclined to spend several hundred further pounds to have fewer components. I know it can't be this simple but; what's to stop me ripping out the condenser and all the pipework and just leaving the compressor there, not connected to anything?
There's no refrigerant in the system as it is, so no hazard there.

I know I'm probably being stupid, but I need someone to point out why.

Any pointers appreciated,

Clio 182 by the way.

Dan

 

[Louis]

@dann2707 did his cheap on his old 182.

 

[Krarl]

I run a 172 cup upper bracket and a rose jointed adjuster, it's cost me about £35 but removes the PAS too

 

[dann2707]

Delete the car 😂 hate that phrase

Yeah I got a little cabin fan thing which worked really badly. I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Codfather]

@dann2707 you have no idea how much I'd love to take it into the woods and burn it to the ground every time I go near it, something new breaks.
I go to bed at night cursing the name of the guy who agreed to co-fund the rallycross project then pulled out once the interior had been binned.

Not really too bothered about the cooling - the air con doesn't work anyway and it's a weekend/trackday car, so windows will suffice.
All I'm particularly interested in is whether I can rip out the aircon apart from the compressor and not destroy anything. (Nothing more than will disintegrate on any given day, anyway)

 

[dann2707]

Lots of people have done what you've said mate. It won't be a problem at all.

 

[Codfather]

Wonderful, thanks very much for the quick feedback all, good to be back here again!

 

[McGherkin]

As long as you don’t turn the aircon on, the outer pulley of the compressor is the only thing that will rotate, the compressor itself won’t.

 

[hipwell]

I doubt the compressor would engage anyway with no pressure, there's usually a pressure sensor and if too low it won't turn on to protect the compressor