So Ryan is now on to installing the new air system. This includes the flash new Accuair ENDO-VT (valve tank), a pair of Viair 480C compressors and the Accuair E-level height-management system. To have your air suspension system legal in NSW you need a few basic features like bump stops, a controller hooked up to your handbrake (so you can't adjust it on the fly) and height management software keeping your car level. My car will have all these things once Ryan is finished with it and it should be far nicer to drive than the old front/back system that, while it was well-installed, tended to lean badly in corners as air raced from one bag to another.
E-level will allow me to choose 3 pre-programmed heights to have my car. The E-level kit knows where each of these heights are as it uses 4 sensors that sit at each corner of the car to talk to the system ECU. These sensors mount to the frame, with the ECU coming pre-wired (apart from power & ground) and ready to plug into the ENDO-VT tank (which has Accuair's legendary VU4 four-corner valve block inside it). The E-level ECU operates the VU4 valve block to adjust each corner of the car until the sensors report the car is where it needs to be.
This is the controller. #1 will be fully aired-out (which I'll be able to choose once the handbrake is on), #2 will be regular ride height for driving, and #3 will be "access mode" or maximum height (for driveways
or looking donk status, homeez). The other functions are for minor adjustments to either front/back for up and down, or individual corner control.
Not that anyone ever adjusts air on the fly, kiddies
As the valves are inside the tank it has ports in the end which will connect to the compressors, plug wiring in and possibly be somewhere I can put burritos. Or not.
I ordered a few more fittings from Air Ride to go with the system and, after talking it over, decided to run the flexible air line instead of steel stuff... and here she goes...
