Question About Electric Compressors? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

cojnit · 12-08-2003, 02:54 PM

How much air space do these require?

I was thinking of boxing one in with soundproo material to quiet it down?

I dont have it yet, but trying to plan it all out before I build my interior panels.

Thanks

loweredd · 12-08-2003, 03:50 PM

If you mount it on some rubber isolators, you can barely hear it under the truck. Dont use the mounts a 450C comes with, get some other pieces.

loweredd · 12-08-2003, 03:51 PM

You will still need a hole in your "box" to let air in so it can compress something.

Izzy · 12-08-2003, 04:21 PM

Use the remote mount air filter kit and give about 6" around the comp to dissipate heat as they get very hot. :read:

**N2TRUX** · 12-08-2003, 07:24 PM

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Originally posted by loweredd
If you mount it on some rubber isolators, you can barely hear it under the truck.

What brand compressoir are you talking about? My ViAir 400 will wake the dead, and it's on the back of my frame....

loweredd · 12-08-2003, 08:36 PM

450C. There is a guy here in town that bagged his after I did my 97, and he has 2 of em. They are very quiet. He said he mounted them on a shock bushing like a stud mount shock. I think it is the little itty bitty steel centered bushings they give us with the compressors N2TRUX. Mine is tightened down so much, I think that there is metal to contact between the frame, and bushing insert, and compressor bracket. (if ya know what I mean.)

toytruck · 12-09-2003, 12:17 AM

I use the rubber bushings off shocks to mount my fuel pumps. Works good.

**N2TRUX** · 12-09-2003, 01:56 AM

loweredd, I follow what your saying. I'll just have to play with it I guess. Maybe the 450's are quiter than the 400's. I know that Roger at Stoked Out Specialties played with the mounting trying to get it quiter. If it is better now, I dang sure didn't want to hear it before he worked on it.

Have you ever heard a 400 run? Maybe becuase it's smaller it makes more noise. All I know is it makes me....

loweredd · 12-09-2003, 03:01 AM

I never had heard a 400. That's only 33% duty, isnt it? What made you decide to run that one?

**N2TRUX** · 12-09-2003, 10:41 AM

Tony at Air Ride recommended it. Like he said, and I agree the "duty cycle" is hype. Unless you plan to run a compressor constantly, duty cycle doesn't matter.....

loweredd · 12-09-2003, 12:13 PM

Yeah, you have a point.

Izzy · 12-09-2003, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by N2TRUX
Tony at Air Ride recommended it. Like he said, and I agree the "duty cycle" is hype. Unless you plan to run a compressor constantly, duty cycle doesn't matter.....

That’s the comp they base their systems on so he’s right.

I personally have heard 400, 450, 315 and 317, 450 and 550’s and they are all loud imo.

phantom dually · 12-09-2003, 09:45 PM

I have the 550 viair unit. This thing is HUGE!! I havent run it yet but Im sure it will wake the neighbors!!

**N2TRUX** · 12-09-2003, 11:41 PM

Phantom, you just don't know. If that monster is any louder than my little 400, your cousin in the next county will know when you fire it up....:p

phantom dually · 12-11-2003, 08:43 PM

I can hardly wait. Ill prob be selling it off and going with something else!!

**N2TRUX** · 12-11-2003, 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by phantom dually
I can hardly wait. Ill prob be selling it off and going with something else!!

If you can find something quiter, let me know. I'll by two...:p

phantom dually · 12-11-2003, 09:12 PM

Is there another brand that is just as good but quieter?

Izzy · 12-11-2003, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by phantom dually
Is there another brand that is just as good but quieter?

Thomas is the only other brand and imo they are a little louder. You could risk going with an AIM blowjax but that's asking to be stranded with a bad product.

phantom dually · 12-11-2003, 11:39 PM

I dont want anything from AIM!!

**N2TRUX** · 12-12-2003, 02:48 AM

I wouldn't p!ss on Joe Marrow if he was on fire. I try to never say never, but it's a pretty sure bet that I won't have any AIM products on anything I own again...

Izzy · 12-12-2003, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by N2TRUX
I wouldn't p!ss on Joe Marrow if he was on fire. I try to never say never, but it's a pretty sure bet that I won't have any AIM products on anything I own again...

Word to that.

12-08-2003, 02:54 PM	#1
cojnit Nothing clever Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kailua HI Posts: 828	Question About Electric Compressors? How much air space do these require? I was thinking of boxing one in with soundproo material to quiet it down? I dont have it yet, but trying to plan it all out before I build my interior panels. Thanks __________________ Got "the Midas Touch!"

12-09-2003, 12:17 AM	#7
toytruck 5-7 dropped 87 CC Dually Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: bay city mi Posts: 326	I use the rubber bushings off shocks to mount my fuel pumps. Works good. __________________ I rather be in my 77 Sanger Picklefork Jet Hydro!

12-09-2003, 09:45 PM	#13
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	I have the 550 viair unit. This thing is HUGE!! I havent run it yet but Im sure it will wake the neighbors!! __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448

12-11-2003, 08:43 PM	#15
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	I can hardly wait. Ill prob be selling it off and going with something else!! __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448

12-11-2003, 09:12 PM	#17
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	Is there another brand that is just as good but quieter? __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448

12-08-2003, 03:50 PM	#2
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	If you mount it on some rubber isolators, you can barely hear it under the truck. Dont use the mounts a 450C comes with, get some other pieces.

12-08-2003, 03:51 PM	#3
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	You will still need a hole in your "box" to let air in so it can compress something.

12-08-2003, 04:21 PM	#4
Izzy Trucker. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,364	Use the remote mount air filter kit and give about 6" around the comp to dissipate heat as they get very hot. :read:

12-08-2003, 08:36 PM	#6
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	450C. There is a guy here in town that bagged his after I did my 97, and he has 2 of em. They are very quiet. He said he mounted them on a shock bushing like a stud mount shock. I think it is the little itty bitty steel centered bushings they give us with the compressors N2TRUX. Mine is tightened down so much, I think that there is metal to contact between the frame, and bushing insert, and compressor bracket. (if ya know what I mean.)

12-09-2003, 01:56 AM	#8
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	loweredd, I follow what your saying. I'll just have to play with it I guess. Maybe the 450's are quiter than the 400's. I know that Roger at Stoked Out Specialties played with the mounting trying to get it quiter. If it is better now, I dang sure didn't want to hear it before he worked on it. Have you ever heard a 400 run? Maybe becuase it's smaller it makes more noise. All I know is it makes me....

12-09-2003, 03:01 AM	#9
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	I never had heard a 400. That's only 33% duty, isnt it? What made you decide to run that one?

12-09-2003, 10:41 AM	#10
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Tony at Air Ride recommended it. Like he said, and I agree the "duty cycle" is hype. Unless you plan to run a compressor constantly, duty cycle doesn't matter.....

12-09-2003, 12:13 PM	#11
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	Yeah, you have a point.

12-09-2003, 11:41 PM	#14
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Phantom, you just don't know. If that monster is any louder than my little 400, your cousin in the next county will know when you fire it up....:p

12-11-2003, 11:39 PM	#19
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	I dont want anything from AIM!! __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448



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12-12-2003, 02:48 AM	#20
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