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Best air compressor
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 12:52 am
by GURU
G'day,
trying to decided what air compressor to buy for my truck, will be used to pump tyres up for now, eventually to run lockers
I will run an air tank too.
are the 12 volt units good enough or is endless air/ air con compressor converted better ??
ARB, Big Red, blue tougne, whats best ??
Re: Best air compressor
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:03 am
by bogged
Endless air.. shits on the rest..
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:17 am
by Shark
I totally agree!!! I personally have just installed a A/C compressor and tank and would never go back.
So worth the effort of installing.
Marc
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 8:43 am
by Leprecaun
At the moment running a bushranger Max Air off the dual battery with the fridge but I have started the conversion of aircon pump to having endless air. 12V is a good way to start but can't beat the pure airflow of endless airflow, though in order for aircon and endless air, your car needs to work
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 10:25 am
by Guy
Leprecaun wrote:At the moment running a bushranger Max Air off the dual battery with the fridge but I have started the conversion of aircon pump to having endless air. 12V is a good way to start but can't beat the pure airflow of endless airflow, though in order for aircon and endless air, your car needs to work
I dont normally worry about flat tyres etc if the motor wont run tho ..
and it's not hard to carry a small 12v compressor as a backup, or if you cant get your airhose etc to another vehicle that needs air ..
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 10:53 am
by Leprecaun
Been stuck in mud and used an airbag to get the nose back up but had to do it without exhaust. Could of started engine, but wasn't going to take the risk of killing the diesel, so used the 12V to air up and then drove up and out on the planks that I now carry for this reason
Been caught before learnt real quick.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 11:13 am
by Guy
Leprecaun wrote:Been stuck in mud and used an airbag to get the nose back up but had to do it without exhaust. Could of started engine, but wasn't going to take the risk of killing the diesel, so used the 12V to air up and then drove up and out on the planks that I now carry for this reason
Been caught before learnt real quick.
Thats what a snorkle is for
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 11:14 am
by Leprecaun
love_mud wrote:Leprecaun wrote:Been stuck in mud and used an airbag to get the nose back up but had to do it without exhaust. Could of started engine, but wasn't going to take the risk of killing the diesel, so used the 12V to air up and then drove up and out on the planks that I now carry for this reason
Been caught before learnt real quick.
Thats what a snorkle is for
Havn't got that far yet
Doesn't help when the engine bay is under water though, fan acts as a prop not a good look
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 11:21 am
by Guy
Leprecaun wrote:love_mud wrote:Leprecaun wrote:Been stuck in mud and used an airbag to get the nose back up but had to do it without exhaust. Could of started engine, but wasn't going to take the risk of killing the diesel, so used the 12V to air up and then drove up and out on the planks that I now carry for this reason
Been caught before learnt real quick.
Thats what a snorkle is for
Havn't got that far yet
Doesn't help when the engine bay is under water though, fan acts as a prop not a good look
Nah the fan wont paddle to much at idle speeds 700 to 900 rpm the fan will hardly move if it is viscous coupled especially if surrounded by water ...
Mine didnt even paddle all that much at mach 2 engine speeds (6000rpm and more) ..
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 12:26 pm
by Leprecaun
Thanks Mud, wasn't going to take the risk at the time though.
Got started on making my snorkel, doing the exhaust at the same time so killing two birds with one stone so to speak. both will be done 2½" SS.
As for the comp will eventually seal the engine bay up better than what it is. The advantage of the 12v is its portable outside of the vehicle where the endless air and aircons arn't, you need a air hose for it to be portable
COMPRESOR
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:47 pm
by Loanrangie
Yep, endless the way to go. Pickup a cheap compressor and away you go !compressor
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 2:07 pm
by greg
What about electric compressors only guys?
i.e. setup with no air tank etc... then which is the best?
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:51 pm
by Leprecaun
greg wrote:What about electric compressors only guys?
i.e. setup with no air tank etc... then which is the best?
If you mean 12V i'd still go with a bushranger Max Air, hasn't let me down yet and plenty of power in it.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:57 pm
by greg
Zig-zactly what i meant Leprecaun. Cheers
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:01 pm
by Guy
greg wrote:What about electric compressors only guys?
i.e. setup with no air tank etc... then which is the best?
The best would have to be one of the continous (sp) duty jobbers like the big yank one on the hummers ..
The Clisby woudld be alright as well I guess (check out big balls for info and $) it looks beefy and sure huffs out some air ... it draws an ungodly number of amps.
The Blue touges have a good name and from what I heve seen of em last well and arent that slow (the twin tounge with two compressor heads is pretty quick) ..
Thinking about just keeping the ARB for the lockers ?
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:03 pm
by greg
love_mud wrote:Thinking about just keeping the ARB for the lockers ?
Gotta get off my backside and get that little arb setup so that it can inflate tyres - currently it has no "hose port" to hook up to.
In reality though - the little arb is doing the job pretty nicely.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 5:25 pm
by Fathillbilly
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 6:53 pm
by bogged
thanks Stu, some sweet units there!!
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 7:51 pm
by RUFF
We use the Viaircorp units for our traction control units and these work fantastic with no failures as yet. The lockless runs this and its also mounted out in the wether on top of the rear mounted radiator with no problems so far.
I used to run one with my Airlockers but now run an engine driven compressor.
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 8:54 am
by Leprecaun
RUFF wrote:I used to run one with my Airlockers but now run an engine driven compressor.
What do you have in there now Ruff
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 6:35 pm
by RUFF
Leprecaun wrote:RUFF wrote:I used to run one with my Airlockers but now run an engine driven compressor.
What do you have in there now Ruff
An engine driven compressor.
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:01 pm
by Leprecaun
RUFF wrote:Leprecaun wrote:RUFF wrote:I used to run one with my Airlockers but now run an engine driven compressor.
What do you have in there now Ruff
An engine driven compressor.
DOH!
Does it have a name at all or is it a Tony special
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:20 pm
by chimpboy
RUFF wrote:Leprecaun wrote:RUFF wrote:I used to run one with my Airlockers but now run an engine driven compressor.
What do you have in there now Ruff
An engine driven compressor.
Yeah, but what do you have in there now Ruff?
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 11:09 pm
by RUFF
Leprecaun wrote:RUFF wrote:Leprecaun wrote:RUFF wrote:I used to run one with my Airlockers but now run an engine driven compressor.
What do you have in there now Ruff
An engine driven compressor.
DOH!
Does it have a name at all or is it a Tony special
Its a converted AC compressor just like most Engine driven compressors.