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curious if anyone has an on board or built in air compressor on their truck, if its electric or if it runs off the engine/mounted in the engine? I have access to plenty of air tanks, just not sure if I can do this or if I'll have to refill it every time I come home after using it. I'm hoping I can find a high pressure air pump that would bolt to my engine, and run off the engine belts. Looking for use of air horn, air wratchets, impact guns, etc. the tanks I have can go up to 2,000 PSI. if needed, but dont plan on ever going that high. lol
X2 on people using York compressor. If you have one already and are using it for A/C then you're in for a little more work, but if not then it wouldn't be too hard.
I wonder if I'd be ahead to just put a heavy duty 12 vt. electric pump in it.
This is what I plan to do. I just have not decided on which electric compressor to use. Lots of choices out there and endless amounts of opinions on each.
every compressor I've found is 150psi, the tanks I have are small and built for high pressure. so I think I'll have to find a tank that's more made for high volume/low pressure -vs- high pressure/low volume.
What size tanks do you have that you would like to use?
You can run a york setup to 200 psi, assuming it is a york 209 or 210. I have ran engine driven and 12V compressors on my builds. What I currently have floating around for a future project is an Oasis compressor. The oasis is a York 210 with a winch motor attached to it essentially. It sucks a ton of power down, but is incredibly fast.
You can also run smaller 12V compressors up to 200. Check out Viair's line of compressors or air zenith. Depending on the volume of air you plan to use, you may have to run a larger tank or a larger/multiple compressors.
Unless you plan to constantly use the on board air for air tools, an engine driven combined with a 5-10 gallon tank will probably be more than you need.
I have access to a few large, thick walled cylindrical tanks. They're rated at around 2,ooo psi. problem is, it only has one port, so I figured, if I were to run it on the end of a system, and make a manifold to go before the tank, would this work? I figure around 200 psi. check valve, blow off valve, regulators, etc. this is all with a York, Mopar RT2, or Sanden compressor, whatever I can find at the salvage yard.
I have access to a few large, thick walled cylindrical tanks. They're rated at around 2,ooo psi. problem is, it only has one port, so I figured, if I were to run it on the end of a system, and make a manifold to go before the tank, would this work? I figure around 200 psi. check valve, blow off valve, regulators, etc. this is all with a York, Mopar RT2, or Sanden compressor, whatever I can find at the salvage yard.
Sure it will work. All the tank is, is an accumulator. With properly sized lines, it will work fine.
Sure it will work. All the tank is, is an accumulator. With properly sized lines, it will work fine.
so, with 300 psi rated parts, you don't see any reason why this might not work, or any reason why it might be dangerous? The 1/2 gallon tanks might be a good idea too, how many gallons would you guys recommend, I only said 13.5 gal because I have access to it. but I may be able to talk the airgas guy into letting me have a few old tanks that cant be used for 2K psi anymore.
