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kenny d i have a question for you. how much air pressure do you run front to back, side to side. i have installed bags on my 36 i am building. jonathan

Originally Posted by OHMY34

kenny d i have a question for you. how much air pressure do you run front to back, side to side. i have installed bags on my 36 i am building. jonathan

airbags are made to run at a " installed height " not pressure . i know it sounds odd, but it dont matter if it has 60 psi of 120 psi . its all about the height of the bag . example if you use a firestone bag f6957 ( typical on a mustang 2 ) with the car on the ground and the suspension at ride height it should be 4.5- 5 in tall , that will get the best ride quality , if it has 50 psi or 100 psi it will ride the same if the installed height is the same .

now some cars take more pressure to get the bag to the installed height , example my 57 with a 505 ci bigblock takes 95 psi in the front and 80 in the rear .
but my 33 with a alluminum head smallblock takes 40 in the front and 40 in the rear .
my camaro with a all alluminum ZL1 takes 70 front and 85 rear

hope this helps

kenny the reason i ask is because i have not bought a air mangment system for the car but do have the bags where i can air them up manually. the front will raise up to ride hieght with less than 10 lbs. and the back is the same so i am hoping that i get some more weight from some where to need more air. jonathan