air accumulators... (searched)

what up guys... i just got my setup done 1/2 all around fbss on my accord.. and i have just started driving it around... originally i wanted to run it with out accumulators... but wow.. thats ruff haha i keep breaking exhaust hangers... i was told to run 1/4 gallong air tanks with 1/4" ports on each end of them as accumulators... but i cant seem to find any... where would you guys recomend getting them?? thanks!!

i really doubt that would help the ride quality at all to be honest... you'll be money ahead to just put shocks on.

i have 2 from AIM. they suck.

Originally posted by purpl7duece



i have 2 from AIM. they suck.

umm excelent... well when i was putting my setup together everyone kept telling me that i NEEDED to use some accuators becasue if i didnt it would ride hard... i had no idea it would ride this ruff and now im going to add them in.. some people told me that adding them helped alot... and i even had a site that i could get the air tanks at but i lost it.. can anyone else help me out?

i've ridden in cars with Air that had accumulators and it made no difference

now hydraulics with accumulators (totally different, i know) make all the difference in the world

We've never used accumulators on air before, I really don't know anyone that has, but if you put air into something like that thats in line with your cylinders already, when you hit the switch, won't it fill with air also and be at the same pressure, thus not helping at all. Like Brad said, juice acc. are completely different, but its fluid pushing against a diaphram, I don't think you can come up with anything to do the same for air. I may be wrong though, we VERY rarely touch anything with cylinders

You only really need accumulators in the rear. I ran 1/2 inch line to the accumulator and then 1/4 inch line from the accumulator to the cylinder and it made all the difference in the world.
If you don't run the 1/4 inch airline it doesn't work the same, the small air line slows down the air going in and out of the accumulator and kind of acts like a shock.
Of course it does slow down the lift some and uses more air but it is worth it to drive the car without having the back end bounce around over every bump.
I just used Firestone 1/4 gallon air tanks.
http://www.truckspring.com/1-4-gallon_297.html

It also helps in the front if the valves are in the back of the car instead of near the front.
The cylinders use very little air to lift the car so when it hits bumps they compress and spring back up really hard. The more air you have to squeeze the less erratic the bump.
I started with 1/2 gallon accumulators and it was so soft that it was creepy feeling when driving. I could put my knee on the bumper and push it to the ground so 1/4s are the way to go.

I also did run shocks at one point and the accumulator worked much better (but only with the 1/4 inch airline)

Thanks for all the info chris! ... i had another idea in mind about setting up the rear with an accumular... if i spliced the main 1/2in line going to the air struts with a 1/2 push to connect "t" with a 1/4" end on it as well going to the accumulator would that work? example (shitty drawing)

----------------- 1/2 line to air strut)

-----------------
11
11
11 (1/4 line going to accumulator)

so instead of running it inline... the accumulator would be "t" off the main 1/2 lines to the air struts...

That might work.
As long as it has that small fitting to squeeze through it should slow down the air. I would try it both ways to see which works better though.
If you do it your way, you could also put a ball valve on the accumulator and adjust how fast the air can go in and out of the accumulator. Then you could block off the accumulator at a show and make the car lift fast again. Or you could tune the ride to make it perfect.