>I purchased an air door system in 1986 from Tim Begley of Bricklin
>Services in Fort Worth, TX. I understand he moved to Rhode Island or
>somewhere and has dropped off the Bricklin radar screen. The kit
>included a small air compressor which mounted under the trim inside the
>rear of the car (between the bottom of the hatch and the floor) and the
>air tank bolted under the floor just behind the passenger compartment.
>It also had additional independent assist cylinders which mounted on the
>doors. The air pump system worked fine, except the air compressor is a
>bit loud in the passenger compartment. There is no vacuum pump and the
>compressor is a manual operation (no automatic low pressure switch to
>start it). My questions are:
>
>1. Do other systems have automatic pressure switches?
The only one I saw did.
>2. Is a supplemental vacuum pump advisable to reduce the amount of time
>the compressor needs to operate?
At a glance it seems like a good idea. You would need a one way check valve
on the output side of the vacuum pump.
>3. What is the compressor capacity (cubic feet per minute or other
>volume per unit time measurement) used on the current air door systems?
>I think my compressor could be smaller than those currently used.
Don't have a clue.
>
>Thanks for having this website. It is comforting to know that helpful
>folks are but a few keystrokes away.
>
>John Cotterell
>
>75 Bricklin
>55 T-Bird
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