Originally Posted by ROLLGUY

If this was my car, I would forego the short hose going from behind the alternator to the condenser, and just go directly from the R4 manifold to the condenser. You would then only need three fittings welded, (1)@ expansion valve, (2) @ R4 manifold (lower), (3) @ low side pipe. Of course you would need to clamp the hose to the lower core support in at least two places.