A/C condensers

Will be putting a/c back in my car with the LS1 so i need to pickup another condenser. Are you guys having good results using the original style tube and fin condensers with 134a or is it worth considering going with a bar and plate style condenser meant for 134a from Griffiths (Paragon carries a bar and plate style also). My car was never converted from R12 when i still had the a/c in it so i dont have any point of reference how good it performs.

Bar and plate style is 2x the cost of an OEM tube and fin.. but i think i have suffered enough sweating my ass off in this car that i dont care! Deleting the (working) a/c on the car was probably my most regretful choice made with the car.

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I would use a parallel flow condenser because they are much higher efficiency. R134a needs more condenser than R12. However, I would just buy a universal one. The prices for the ones from your links are way too high.

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I'm using the OEM one, it seems to work fine. I'm sure the other ones are more efficient and work better though...

I have had the same experience as Doc, orig condenser and R12. Works great in the LA heat.

Thanks for the input, the car will only have to deal with the a north east summer which isnt nearly as bad as a southern Cali so i guess a new OEM condenser should do fine.