Built in air jacks

[vossperformance]

Anyone use these, or know where to get them?

[CamaroAJ]

i always thought it would be cool to have those in my car, maybe someday i will. i used to have a link on my home pc so i will check when i get home.

[vossperformance]

Thanks that would be much appreciated.

[John Wright]

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tp...action=product

[John Wright]

http://www.howeperformance.com/hydraulicjack.html

[John Wright]

http://www.subahracingstore.com/prod...y/Default.aspx

[CamaroAJ]

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tp...action=product

OP, thats the link i had too. $3k, ouch.

[jknight16]

I think Tyler was planning to have them on 50/50. If my memory serves me, they had even gotten so far as to build in the mounts and whatnot into the tube frame and body.

[Damn True]

We use them on our race cars. I'll see if I can get a link from the prep shop. Might be tough to cleanly install in a car that has a full interior.

[fordsbyjay]

Didn't Art Morrison or Alston used to have them for tube chassis cars? They would probably be to light weight but you never know.

[vossperformance]

Those are exactly what I am looking for.
Thanks

[vossperformance]

We use them on our race cars. I'll see if I can get a link from the prep shop. Might be tough to cleanly install in a car that has a full interior.

Any idea what the stroke is on the cylinders you use?

[Damn True]

12" IIRC they added 85lbs to a Miata. It is down low though. It requires a lot of additional structural support. The cylinders are over 14" long.

[MarkM66]

Seems like extra expense and weight for something just to be "cool" on a street car.

[vossperformance]

Seems like extra expense and weight for something just to be "cool" on a street car.

Yea...
The last few rides I have built have been pretty low will not allow a standard jack to access easy, plus I beleive I can build a complete onboard system for a fraction of the cost of a kit.

Nothing wrong with being cool too...

[mikedc]

I remember reading that Smokey Yunick once showed up to a NASCAR race with those things in his car. NASCAR made him take them off.

Smokey was saying it was a safety thing as much as anything else. He pointed out that sooner or later a pit crewmember with the long jackhandle on the passenger side of the car was liable to get mowed down by another racer on pit road.


I think Smokey was saying this stuff before the 55mph speed limit on pit road. Might not need it so much now.

(But then again, a pit crewmember had to get killed in a NASCAR race to make that 55mph rule get enforced. Maybe Smokey was right after all.)




I think it makes some sense on a track car, pit crew safety or not. The jack weight would be down low & centered on the chassis and it would make the pit stops go faster.


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[WS6]

Ironworks is building a 69 that has airjacks on it. It's the car that has the C6 drivetrain and radical body work

[vossperformance]

Yea I remember seeing some outlaw drag cars back in the day with air jacks. I remember them saying, hell they make me weigh 3400lbs, might as well be useable weight.

[bbcc]

http://www.interex.co.uk/motorsport/...ex.php?cid=149

Fairly light weight units.

[speedfreak68]

Pure vision built the charger 515, It had airjacks on it.