I would definitely prefer crimped hoses, I want to do everything I can to prevent anything I can mess up.
OG, that Pro6Ten would be next on my list, although I'm hoping it's not one of those "Aluminum Chinese" units that people talk about.
Got a response from Old Air ... their less expensive A6's are rebuilt, their more expensive A6's are new, next gen direct replacements for the A6 (which I assume means they are ALMA units .. I don't think he wanted to specifically say they were ALMA) Evidently they don't come with oil and will take PAG or Mineral.
SS-TA ... I'm thinking the metric holes wouldn't be a problem, at least for a non-show car, and I hope places like Old Air would supply the proper lines for the compressor they sell? Which might mean metric on the compressor side and Inch on the Evap side?
There seem to be all different camps out there, the old school A6 camp, the Pro6Ten camp, and the Sandon camp.
Also the R12 camp, and the 134a camp ... and the camps that mix and match the different compressors with the different refrigerants.
I lean towards R12 because I know the size of the evap and condenser were designed around R12 ... but also an A6 .. so who knows with a different compressor.
I like the idea of 134a because it's easy to get, works with PAG oil (that comes in most stuff these days), works with the new compressors ... but I hear it doesn't cool as well in a system not designed for it.
I like the idea of a smaller, lighter compressor, but I hear the replacements don't have the same displacement as the old A6 and as such just can't cool as well.
Throw in there the fact that I'll most likely never be driving the car on 100 degree days and ... we end up with Dataway being lost
