yeah has anyone did this or have any pics or how to's

sorry does any one know how to or have pics to do a engine driven compressor for air ride

never heard of anyone doing an EDC on cavaliers


-Brandon

too much work for something a 200 dollar compressor can do for you w/ a pressure switch

An interesting setup I worked on years ago was the compressor used on old Cadillac cars that had factory air-ride suspension. The compressor was up under the hood and it's case was about 18" long and 3-4" round. It had an integrated tank to absorb pulses from the suspension. What was interesting about this compressor was that it was "powered" by engine vacuum. I have no idea how effective it would be on a 4 cylinder, as this compressor was being driven by the vacuum generated by a 472 V8, but it's a neat concept.






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Another drawback to that compressor (at least in the sense that most people here want to use a compressor) is that it wouldn't have nearly the CFM rating that you'd want to be able to quickly recover a full tank (or tanks) of air in a bagged car.

So yeah, forget I said anything






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was thinking about doing it and take out the ac but to much work. just like baggedcav said. look into like air zenith or even like a viar 550

EDC = Expensive + Lotsa Work + Complicated/Fabrication
Electric = Cheaper + Less Work + Way less complicated
Sure EDC are faster, but for the price alone you could get a few electric pumps that would add up to the same as an edc.

if you wanted to do it you could use a York Compressor used for the AC in an older Volvo. youd pobably have to remove your AC, change the pullys, and come up with custom brackets. but all in all i dont think it would be that bad. my dad has one on his 96 Bronco and it workks like a dream. he can even run an impact gun on it. i'd say be different and go for it.

I just thought of something, you (noff57) have a 97 cavy, with (I'm assuming) a 2.2? Since those motors are similar to the S-10 2.2 I would try seeing if you could modify one of their EDC's maybe. Just a thought.


-Brandon

thanks guys i figured it out today i took my a/c compressor out and put a sanden compressor in it place with a little modifications

pics????????


-Brandon