hydraulic cylinders used for air?

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hydraulic cylinders used for air?
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homebuilt
+1y
can this be done?
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kzeliminator
+1y
hybrid setups, hydroair, a hydraulic cylinder pushing an airbag

its close all i could find as of right now

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WDMASTR
+1y
Depends on what. It'll take A LOT of air pressure to lift.
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homebuilt
+1y
its on the front of my truck. i need more lift. running 200 psi. the small slams i just bought are a joke. takes more air to lift than my old firestones and gets less lift.
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fatboysS1O
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dude, what slams are u using? the re5s? what u just said is the complete opposite of what they do.
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bdroppeddak
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yes you can run air in a hydraulic cylinder.... but its not designed for air, so i dont know how well or long it will function...
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35hundo
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Prob. wont work, for the simple fact of the volume to weight ratio. why do you think the air cylinders are so much bigger around than a hydraulic ram. Why cant you use some air cylinders up front??

Josh FL
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homebuilt
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air cans or cylinders only lift like four inches. yes they are re5s and i used to have 2600s and they were too big and rubbed so i switched to re5s and they are like 2 inches shorter and they dont compress as small.
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Severed701
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maybe shoulda got re6's..i get 12"+ of lift with them on my toyota
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juicedwagon
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you will not have close to the pressure you need to lift your truck with a hydro cylinder. it would take about 2000 psi to lift it, give or take a little. sounds like you need to do some cutting