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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / October 2005Question regarding compressors.
I've heard of people installing compressors in the engine bay, usually for pumping up tyres after a hard day at the beach. Is there a fairly easy way to adapt this to an air horn setup? I've enjoyed hi-po airhorns in the past, unfortunately the electric compressor on my set has decided 15 years and three owners is a long enough service life. Or has anyone had any experience with smaller electric compressors that can generate enough sustained pressure for a loud, short blast? Certainly doesn't need sustained usage, but needs to have enough flow to be LOUD. TIA -mark > Or has anyone had any experience with smaller electric compressors that can > generate enough sustained pressure for a loud, short blast? Certainly > doesn't need sustained usage, but needs to have enough flow to be LOUD. I suspect that you may have a problem. Most air-horn compressors are vane type, high capacity, low pressure. Most cheap tyre compressors are piston displacement type, high pressure at low volume. I suspect that the only way around it would be to use a compressor with a storage vessel to supply the "hi-flow" bit. The cost of such a device will be well in excess of a new air-horn pump. Tony Smith > I suspect that the only way around it would be to use a compressor with a > storage vessel to supply the "hi-flow" bit. > > The cost of such a device will be well in excess of a new air-horn pump. I was hoping against that. Would it be feasible to use a 12v tyre pump hooked up to a smallish secondhand home compressor type tank? I'm thinking not, mainly due to space. -mark > I've heard of people installing compressors in the engine bay, usually for > pumping up tyres after a hard day at the beach. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > TIA > -mark Piece of cake, all you need is a compressor and a small holding tank to allow a greater airflow. Check out Street Machine magazine, Ive seen compressor kits there advertised for airbag systems, you may be able to contact the advertiser and see if you can purchase a tank and compressor only with regulators etc that you need. Nice little tanks as well, very rice. Hope that helps Scotty Supercheap sell an airhorn setup WITH a tank, but you fill it at the servo. Other option, endless air into a ex-truck airtank and away you go.. Very cheap to setup $40 compressor from wrecker $40 tank from truck wrecker then brackets.. once you have the air tank, pumpin up tires is so much easier. |
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