well im starting my new project now. i just picked up a tank today and i already started making mounting brackets for it. now here come the hard part. i have a bracket and pulley off a magum engine for a plow pump and i was going to run an ac compressor off that for my air. i kinda like that idea since theres no electic compressor noise. the only think i noticed is that tim going to have to loose my FIPK[:@] no im debating just getting an electric pump. i know that it would be alot weaker then if it ran off the engine but i figure loosing the K&N and adding more strain to the pulleys will kill my horsepower. what you guys think. off the motor or off an electric compressor???

 

What are you using the air for?

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airing up tires. air tools. front locker. air horns....

 

have you looked into those high powered compressors with their own tank?

 

yea, i want something cheap and, ( dont ask why its just a habbit of mine) custom designed.

 

Go with an electric one. As long as you have a tank you'll be alright.

Losing your FIPK and adding another pulley would definitely impact performance [:'(]

 

Ditch your factory AC and put a York compressor in where the factory one sits. No noise and keep the FIPK.

I never use my AC as it is anyways. Thats what windows are for

 

thought about it but nope ac is staying.

 

i'd run the electric one. you can do some sound shielding to quiet it up a bit. heck it gives you some ability to make it custom made.

besides you don't want to lose performance for a compressor.. that's just rediculus.

by sound shielding i mean stuff you'd use for stereo systems that dynamat or something like that. you can put the compressor anywhere you want to if you run it electric anyway. much more flexibility and you can mount it closer to the tank and where you'd want to access it. i'd say a good place is in a over the rail toolbox.

 

Driving with your windows down hurts the gas mileage more than running the AC

I'd keep the AC