Bypass the AC compressor with a shorter serpentine belt?

[MetroMPG]

I don't suppose the non-AC cars just run a shorter belt, do they?

AC is the bottom right pulley. Top is the alternator.

Something like this...

[MetroMPG]

Hmm... found a pic of what looks like a non-AC engine, and there's no idler pulley shown in place of the AC pulley. So maybe it IS just a shorter belt...

[Basic]

Looks plausible to me sir! I say try it. You can always return the non-A/C belt.

[Fummins]

Maybe dspace will chime in, he has a poverty edition Mirage. Looks like it'd work.

[MetroMPG]

Ooh, right. I'll PM him.

[dspace9]

This is what's going on under my hood, hope it helps.

Looks like a shorter belt to me since I don't have the 4th pulley

[Clessy]

Just removing a belt to cut ac is a useless waste. The pain gains are minimal. I could only see doing this if your ac is seized.

[MetroMPG]

It'll help at the drag strip. I'm tired of losing to weight-reduced Teslas.

[MetroMPG]

Looks like a shorter belt to me since I don't have the 4th pulley

Thanks, dspace9!!!

That's what it looks like to me too. No idler pulley.

[MirageRally]

Can't you just pull the fuse? Or unplug the harness behind the hvac controls? Or would you just run the smaller pulley to bypass the AC? Or just remove the pulley?