Whats the best compressor for a daily driven truck
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Whats the best compressor for a daily driven truck
deflatd
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ya i had no probs with my dc5000, but im too switch happy, and i just went from a 5 gal to a 12 gal tank. so one of my winter projects is EDC. so i need to try and shove a york onto my nissan z24.
jetts
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Originally posted by aftershock
Edited: 10/30/2005 11:25:46 AM by aftershock
been driving ddaily with my viair 380 since last october, so thats about 1 year
with electric compressors, good rules of thumb is to not run them over the max pressure, mount unsealed compressors where moisture and water will get to it, run 1 compressor every 5 gallons of air, try to not run the compressor upside down but rather right side up or sideways because the heatsink is meant to be on top for a reason since heat rises, and run a check valve if compressor doesnt come with one.
these will somewhat give you a longer lasting compressor, no matter which compressor you get. as long as you follow the specs and run it at or under the specs, any compressor will last, considering it isnt defective.
Viair compressors should be mounted in an upright position only. Lance martz yelled at me last summer for having my viair 350's mounted on their sides.
Edited: 10/30/2005 11:25:46 AM by aftershock
been driving ddaily with my viair 380 since last october, so thats about 1 year
with electric compressors, good rules of thumb is to not run them over the max pressure, mount unsealed compressors where moisture and water will get to it, run 1 compressor every 5 gallons of air, try to not run the compressor upside down but rather right side up or sideways because the heatsink is meant to be on top for a reason since heat rises, and run a check valve if compressor doesnt come with one.
these will somewhat give you a longer lasting compressor, no matter which compressor you get. as long as you follow the specs and run it at or under the specs, any compressor will last, considering it isnt defective.
Viair compressors should be mounted in an upright position only. Lance martz yelled at me last summer for having my viair 350's mounted on their sides.
BigJay43
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GET A EDC PERIOD! I have 2 viar 450's fill up pretty decently but when your at at show flippin switches those damn things dont stop running. EDC is giong in this winter.
sweeden
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I rock a viar 450 on my daily
lownoma99
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EDC is the way to go. i rock mine every day. No problems yet.
sweeden
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yet is the key word.... its gonna rip off the side of ur block hahaha oh never mind thats only me.... RIP sweet bracket lol
lownoma99
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yea deuchbag...mine is reinforced with 8 million brackets cuz i have the nice kit...not the SI kit. HAHAHA. I am the master
sweeden
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lol SI??? that just hurts.... that is not even nice lol
bdroppeddak
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the viair 400s are pretty sweet, they have almost twice the cfm of a 450, but are 33% duty cycle, but duty cycles dont mean much, 100% is only at 72 degrees @ 100psi.