[LordRatner]

Hey, I wanted to see some pics of how people mounted air tanks for their OBA. I am particularly interested in the ones that mounted them over their engine. Good? Bad?

Thanks

 

[TexasBlake]

Since you have a 2.5L, I would put an electric fan on, which you can get for about $100 at CarQuest or PepBoys. You'll have almost a foot and a half of room in FRONT of the engine because you will be taking the fan shroud off. You'd be able to mount a HUGE tank there, thats where I plan on mounting mine.

 

[moveaside]

Why not do it in the framerails? Have you thought of getting a converted bumper maybe? If your going to do it on your TJ I think the best spot is where the stock airfiter used to be. You got plenty of room and not a lengthly line to run to it. Are you going to get the wooga horn too?:flipoff2:

 

[nosliw]

i mounted mine directly above the rear axle. under the jeep. the rear end has smacked it a couple of times, but depending on how big your tank is, you may be able to get away with it. i'm moving mine elsewhere.

 

[withamc]

I don't know how much difference there is between a TJ and a YJ, but I mounted a small tank on the rear of the passenger side fender under the battery on my YJ.

 

[Pottsy]

Electric fan, you can scab on out of a junk yard from most any newer car and make it work real easy. I did and I got 2 electric fans for $10.....
Just some food for thought!

EEEEEEEEeeeeeeerr..........:beer:

 

[Boston Mangler]

I put mine directly under the rear seat UNDER the rig!

Never hit it once and never had any problems

I got the 2.5 Gal Kilby one and it fits perfect there

my .02

 

[TBM Jeep]

On my old 97 TJ i had a 2.5 gallon sun performance air tank mounted in the engine compt, attached to the two firewall-to-grille rails. The 2" body lift raised things up and provide enough clearance to mount the tank & all the plumbing.

http://www.tim-morris.com/images/97jeep/progress/02-24-02/pic01-b.jpg

Tim

 

[makeupqueEn]

I stuck my 2.5 gallon Kilby unit on my drivers side rear fenderwell inside the cab of the jeep. I like it there. If it were me Seth, Id stick it under the tub, on the drivers side, next to the rear driveshaft.
Scott
EDIT: Im under the GF's screen name..

 

[LordRatner]

Ok, I put it in the trunk for now, pics are here
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=112927
I am not sure If I will be keeping this tank, so I didnt want to do anything permanent. The biggest problem was that it has NO brackets on it.

Brandon, my AwooGah horn is a 26" BigRig horn, Another 20" one will be going in soon.

 

[DE Jeeper]

Here is mine under the hood. I have not had any problems in the 2 years it has been in there.

more pics here: http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/albun18

 

[EvolvedHumanoid]

This is my setup in a 4.0L 98 TJ. It's a custom made 1.7 gallon aluminum tank, 4"OD, .25" wall, 31" long. Fits perfectly in the space that my air-box used to occupy.

 

[Dan84CJ7]

I mounted mine under the tub directly under where the rear seat would be. My only concern with the engine compartment is that the constant changing of temperature would effect the pressure in the tank. Maybe that's a non-issue, but being uneducated in the physics/chemistry fields I decided against it.

 

[EvolvedHumanoid]

My only concern with the engine compartment is that the constant changing of temperature would effect the pressure in the tank. Maybe that's a non-issue, but being uneducated in the physics/chemistry fields I decided against it.

The heating is a non-issue. Assuming the pressure rises enough to trigger the safety valve (which hasn't happened yet), the compressor still fills the tank from empty in less than 30 seconds.

 

[WheelingPiazza]

If your interested I have a 1.75 new from on board air.com,

I mounted mine under the jeep..

 

[WheelingPiazza]

If your interested I have a 1.75 new from on board air.com,

I mounted mine under the jeep..

 

[postal]

Here's a link to a pic of my air tank.

It was a fireman's air tank.

 

[Jagged Jeep]

I put mine here. I wouldn't put it under the hood. Too hot.

 

[postal]

An air tank would never survive underneath mine, so it's underhood. Rocks and stumps would snack on it. It would rupture and the sound would scare the piss outta ya.:flipoff2:

 

[rockXcrawler]

that's where mine is. i used to have it above rear axle, but it was pretty tight

I stuck my 2.5 gallon Kilby unit on my drivers side rear fenderwell inside the cab of the jeep.