air ride setup

DemonicEGT · Jan 26, 2003

hey all, im seriously thinking about putting air ride on my 93 Escort GT and i cant find any kits for it. for those that are running air ride, where did you get your kit from and what application did you use? thanks

mkuchere · Jan 26, 2003

Ask Skuce....send him a PM or something.
He knows how to rig up an Air suspension setup.

siragan · Jan 26, 2003

is this that thing where you can make your car hop around and stuff?

mkuchere · Jan 26, 2003

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is this that thing where you can make your car hop around and stuff?

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No...you´re thinking of Hydraulics

DemonicEGT · Jan 26, 2003

actually you can hop with air ride but in order to do that you have to run compressed nitrogen, run dual port bags and run bigger lines

93scortluv · Jan 26, 2003

brian, I signed up for your board. and I know you can do it without the no2.. just get a big enough compressor and turn the pressure all the way up.. and it will hop. we got a guy down the street here off of sherman ave. that can do it with his cavalier..

91sleeper · Jan 26, 2003

AIM industries has all the strut bags and compressors you need to ride on air. AIM Industries

James92Scort · Jan 26, 2003

I know where Shadeland Ave is, sportscort, where´s Sherman Ave at? It does sound familiar.

DemonicEGT · Jan 27, 2003

AIM is the APC of air ride. i wouldnt buy shit from them. id like togo EAI or even The Hack Shack custom jobbie but since custom setups are alot of $$ i may just go with a bolt in...just need to find one thats bolt in thats good.

Skuce · Jan 27, 2003

AIM is about equal to APC = CRAP ....sorry....just my opinion :-Y

What type of airs are you looking into? Bags or Cyls?
What do you want to do with it? (what are your goals?)

And you can still hop WITHOUT a tank of Nitrogen

(Not NO2 by the way ;-) )

DemonicEGT · Jan 27, 2003

id like to run actual bags. are the bags possible to do or the cylinders the only ones that will work. personally i dont wanna do cylinders if i dont have to because i hear they have a tendency to lock up. as far as what i wanna do, id like to just raise the car up and down but i am gonna add side to side later on.

finally someone agrees with me that AIM is LAME!! hehe

91scortgtboy · Jan 27, 2003

my girlfriends grandfather has hem on his el camino, the bags and i don´t see how you can hop with them. I mean they take a bit to fill up. So I wouldn´t think the bags can do that.

BlackMx-3 · Jan 28, 2003

lol yeah the air ride setup on that el camino is probably similiar as what they put on trucks. For towing reasons I believe.

91scortgtboy · Jan 28, 2003

nahh he got it put on for the looks. Get this a 68 year old man with chrome 18´s and an air ride setup to lower it when he parks it and some dark tint to go with it. He is crazy with his cars. It´s not for towin at all. straight looks. And I am 100% serious.

BlackMx-3 · Jan 29, 2003

yeah its possible. From looking through my summit racing magazines there seems to be alot of air ride kits available to trucks and the like for cheap that are made for towing.

91scortgtboy · Jan 29, 2003

yeah ford puts em on the expedition and excursions for towing and i think you get them them special ain the f series truck. They tend to take a crap though, i have herd. And i was also told jumpimng with bags is possible. They have quick release valves and big compressors. So i was wrong.

Skuce · Jan 29, 2003

Hopping bags can handle up to 300 PSI and usually have Dual or Quad 3/4"-1" ports.
Also a lot of those setups have engine driven comps with about 10 CFM being pumped out...large orfice solenoid valves are always used for hopping....usually the ones built into machined manifolds.

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