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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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I'm thinking about running a small tank to fit into my spare well easily, the current 5 gal tank is too high, making the trunk floor raised..... I was thinking about running 2.5 gal or pancake tank, but I need 200 psi... then I saw Viair have a 2.5 200psi, but it only have 6 ports and don't know about any drains....

anyone know where to get a tank that's small enough to fit into the well to make a stealth install and holds 200 psi and have ports for drain etc?
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 07:08 PM
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I'm running a pancake tank and i want to get rid of if for a standard 4gallon.
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I run 2 2.5gal tanks from easystreet and it comes with a drain.


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Old Nov 11, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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what ever came with my universal air kit....
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Old Nov 11, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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5 gal tucked in the back.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by V8_Aristo
I run 2 2.5gal tanks from easystreet and it comes with a drain.

Doesnt viair recommend mounting the compressors right side up due to heat dispersion?


BTW, I run two 5 gallons





Was suppose to look something like this though (but made a miscalculation )


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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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any reason why you run 2 5 gallons?

also how long does it take to fill? from 0 to full
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Originally Posted by vwynn
any reason why you run 2 5 gallons?

also how long does it take to fill? from 0 to full
Running two allowed me to go up MUCH faster since there was more reserve (it was a hopeful guess doing it and it ended up working). People kept saying I had problems with my system, but there isnt. My problem was the compressors would turn on with just one up and even then I couldnt get a full "up" on one push . I was getting tired of them turning on every time I got in the car and too didnt want to prematurely kill the compressors with them turning on so frequently. As for going from 0 to full, Well I only did that once and I didnt time it,but going from when the switch kicks them on to full, it takes about 3 mins. Basically its running 1 480c per tank so the numbers match pretty close to what Viair states the fill time is for one compressor to one 5 gal tank. So its about 10 minuets to fill from 0 to full. They may be on longer now, but rarely turn on. I can get a good 3-4 fully inflated raises before they turn on at 165psi and thats running at 200 psi. Im trying to sell these so I an get a pair of Air Zenith's in there so i can double my fill time but good luck to me with that feat.

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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
Doesnt viair recommend mounting the compressors right side up due to heat dispersion?
It says of the site you can mount it any way you want, only that upside down is not recommended due to heat travels up.

BTW, I ordered a 4 gal pancake from Emerald so I can have my trunk back. lol

If 4 gal I don't think it's enough then I might add the 2 small tanks I've got... think they're like 1 gal?
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im running 2 3 gallon tanks from the UAS kit in my LS430.fits perfect.
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Nice set up same with v8 aristo,

here's a pic of mines ( believe its 2 6 gallons) with the dual Az's



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aluminum 5 gallon
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Originally Posted by BippuPxr
Nice set up same with v8 aristo,

here's a pic of mines ( believe its 2 6 gallons) with the dual Az's



How do you like the zenith's?
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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4 gallon tank, 2 480c compressors. Not as nice as everyones trunks, but it gets the job done
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Originally Posted by V8_Aristo
I run 2 2.5gal tanks from easystreet and it comes with a drain.

clean setup
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