Basically
you're gonna get some aquarium parts for this ;) a brass part
that joins 2 airline hoses together (union) is used to tap into
the air pump supply. Use a small drillbit to make a pilot hole
in the hose exiting the rear of the air pump, and insert your
brass tap with hose (vacuum hose) on it. You're gonna get an aquarium
air valve, one with 1 inlet and 2 valves/outlets on it. Ill explain
why in a minute.
Run your airpump supply to the inlet of this valve. Run more
hose from one of the outlets to the 6PI nipple on the motor. Open
this valve about halfway, and the other about halfway, open-air
vented. The reason you must vent/dump some air constantly is because
the airpump is always generating some pressure. Since the 6pi
system is (supposed to be) airtight, once theyre pressurized (open),
they wont want to return shutsince the airpump is still spinning
some pressure on them...having an air dump allows the pressure
to bleed quicker and allows them to shut more normally.
IT WILL take some adjustments of both valves to obtain a decent
working setup. Opening the 6pi valve more makes them open quicker,
and opening the dump valve more makes them close quicker, though
having them both too far open makes neither work well...it'll
take you 20-30 minutes of playing around to get it decent. Grab
the throttle and rev the car up to see what happens with each
adjustment. You want them to open fairly quickly (1-2 seconds)
after reaching 3500-4000rpm, and close fairly quickly (2-3 seconds)
after releasing the throttle. You can never obtain a fast/precise
operation this way, but it's cheap and a lot better than relying
on your exhaust to do the job. IT's also better because you can
open them in neutral (as opposed to only under load) and watch
what happens for testing/adjustment, and the actuation will be
the same in all gears (air pump rpm, not exhaust backpressure). |