Re: Beating a Dead horse - 6v AC

Posted by Mike On 2010/1/10 15:45:56

All very good information. I've been mulling this over in my head while out and about. If i have to put a compressor under the hood, i'd prefer a somewhat common one and a rotary as opposed to piston type and one that doesn't look too new (hence spending the bucks on an alternator that looks like a generator, to preserve the general time period "look". With that in mind, i think the compressor of choice is probably the GM A6 that was used in the 60's. Still lots of parts around, about 175 rebuilt without core, and looks kind of old, especially with receiver/dryer strapped to the side and painted factory black.

With that in mind, i'm going to yank mine of the shelf and take it apart to study it to see how the air gap adjustment works. I'm going to pickup a 2000lb engine stand and get the 327 mounted and hold it up to see what kind of mounts i could work with before getting it in the car. Then i'll make a decision.

At the same time, i have a bigger around but way shorter GM one that i will research doing direct drive with. If i cold gut an old coke cooler or something else period correct looking, sand blast and paint it up all nice, and put it all in there, THAT'D be awesome. Maybe a deep cycle battery in there with it and some sound insulation, with nice big gauge wire running to it from the healthy charging system up front.

So next steps i guess are play with the compressor i have and a 6V power source with ok amps and a power drill to see what kind of lock up i can get for option A and research decent 6v motors and compressor RPMS for option B and leave the always on option for last if need be.