I know that when I turn the A/C on, I lose some hp. Does it affect the overall acceleration? I turned on the A/C and cycled through the gears and then I turned it off and cycled again. There was such a big difference in acceleration or is it just in my mind? When the A/C is on, I feel like the car's lagging quite a bit...

 

You can defnitely feel when it kicks on, the car feels short a lot of power. Soon as you get near WOT though, the compressor clutch will kick back out. You shouldn't feel a difference at WOT.

 

Yea, you do lose power with the A/C on.

 

+1 you would burn up the ac compressor if it did not cut out when you got on it so when flooring it you should not feel a big difference.