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Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:03 pm
by SSAstro
how fast should the oil go into the compressor out of the oiler

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:31 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
I set it for a drip every few seconds. You could probably do a little less frequent but I figure oil is cheap compared to a compressor.

I never finished the OBW...well actually the alternator was converted and a bracket was built. The problem was the location of the bracket. It would probably fit on a V-8 though as it would probably be far enough ahead to clear the hydroboost accumulator on the brake master cylinder. The bracket is made for a 96+ vortec engine.

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:24 pm
by SSAstro
alright well i picked everything up today so hopefully i can get this to work i even got a hose setup for the compressor off a blazer so i have more to work with

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:39 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
Sounds good. There had better be pics involved! We love pics after all!!!!!

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:51 pm
by SSAstro
i'm going to try as i'm in a hurry to get it running check out the header thread i made thats why nothing else has gotten done i've been working on those all week

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:51 pm
by SSAstro
ok i just finished up and everything works great the edc is faster than i had expected and it fills both tanks rapidly i still have the two viairs connected to help it along but before it took almost 10 min to fill the tanks but now it takes about 5 min to fill and go ill take pics of it installed and instead of using the stock a/c lines i went to the local pick n pull and got a/c lines off a 96-newer s10/blazer b/c they go straight towards the front instead of around the back of the motor and i put in a check valve on the outlet side

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:43 pm
by SSAstro
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Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:00 am
by SSAstro
oh btw thank you guys for helping on this everyone else i had asked said it would never work and i don't like the word never so thank you again

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:07 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
Nice pics. Glad you got it working. Did you put a coalescing filter in the outlet line from the compressor? If not, your tank(s) will eventually fill up with a messy oil/water mess.

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:40 pm
by SSAstro
yeah i already had one for the electric compressors but they still get water in em i've got a drain that i open every couple of days

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:29 pm
by doyoulikeithere
Very Interesting!
I will have to look into this further as I would love on-board air using the GM compressor.

Re: Engine Driven Compressor

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:38 pm
by SSAstro
yes it works great until you forget to oil it i found a sanden compressor that replaces the stock one that is way more reliable and i have had it for two years now