hydro set up.

Originally posted by rollin high



whatever u do make sure u get a steetcharger for your setup.charges batt. while the truck is running.this thing is fuckin awesome.

i had one and it was trash, have you had good experiance with yours? mine only kept mine at the most halfway charged. i use a multi-batt charger now and its badass, only charge once every 2 weeks, mabey once a week if im real switch happy. juice is badass.

yes i havent had any problems with mine.

cheers guys u have been very helpfull.

its a whole differant league.

yeah i checked out layitlow.com read all that shit so long ago but deff made all sence this time with a refresher!

I would kind of like to go juice on my next project, just because not that many people do. I'd like to ride in something with juice first though..

yea i hear you seth. last time i rode in a juiced ride it was not a good experience

i have always had juice and love it and always ran 2 pumps 4 batteries at 48 volts ,since the street charger came out it has been great no more charging batts now it is your choice but mine have always rode smooth without acc. just need to setup the springs right and the ride will be smooth

i had a 4 pump setup in my first maxima, 48volts. depending on the cca's(cold cranking amps) of your batteries it will be way too fast. i swapped out batteries to lower cca's and it was fine. oviously you can run higher cca batteries and have less batteries or run them at 24 or 36 volts instead.
4 pumps are nice if you have the room, easier to do a 3 wheel and if your batteries are low you can raise the car easier than a 2 pump setup.
witha 2 pump you are using each pump to control one set of wheels (front and rear).
just remember that you should run 2 check valves, or else the fuid will transfer on turns and cause an unsafe truck. kinda like having a dump valve in air systems for a set of wheels. the air or fluid goes through the path of least resistance, so if the weight get transfered to the left on a right turn your left wheel will drop(more) than your right one.
lowrider guys do that sometimes on the back setup to make it easier to 3 wheel. but i doubt you want to do that.
my first setup was a one pump 4 dump setup. definately not worth it. not enough fluid in the tanks for it. the rear used to raise up first(less weight) then the front, and i would dump the back to ride height, it sucked.
good luck, i've had 2 juice setups and wouldnt go any other way

Edited: 5/19/2007 7:53:27 AM by MagicMikey

this guy is talking about how u set up ur suspention and u can make it ride good. like use shocks and a spring rate for thats good for the weight of your ride and not for hopping it

I don't understand why people keep talking about body roll? Hydraulic oil doesn't compress like air does. I ran a 2 pump set up with 24 volts, plenty fast, almost no body roll, and I ran accumulators so it rode very nice. If you are going to run springs make sure and get the right spring rates for the weight of your truck and run some shocks. It is possible to make hydraulics ride good when properly installed.

Ill never put anything besides hydros on my vehicles.....when their installed right, and with quality equipment, nothing beats it.

ive had both, but air just dosent match up to a good hydro setup.

ive allways ran accumulators, and allways ran the right tonage spring for my vehicle, and i couldnt ask for anything better.