Keeping the 450SLC cool in summer with HyChill

Lets face it, R134A is rubbish when it comes to cooling older cars. It is significantly less efficient than R12. Systems that are not designed for it struggle to keep the car tepid in the Australian summer.

Added to that, the air conditioning on the 107 models from Mercedes was never their strong point either, so when you couple a marginal system, that is now 40 years old and a less efficient refrigerant, you’re not going to get a good outcome.

If this is all meaningless to you, it refers to the refrigerant found in automotive air conditioning units. Up […]