How hi are the side blowers typically set?

[soonermajic]

I'm struggling with setting my side mount blow dryers...
On an IBA, How high do you guys have the top of the nozzle (schute, if you will)...
Top is great, but side mount is a PITA! Set it totally above the side mirrors, below mirrors, trajectory aimed down...
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[soonermajic]

anybody have any thoughts on this...?

 

[soapy]

Do your side mount dryers have any kind of air cylinder to move nozzles?

 

[soonermajic]

They are aluminum, & we have spun them to make them have a downward trajectory , & placed them above the side mirrors

 

[soapy]

On my 3 fan dryer setups the side dryers move up and down maybe 25 degrees. The bottom of the dryer nozzle is about 6 feet off the floor. Over the years I have banged my head in to them a few and can attest to the height. I always thought they did a pretty good job but not up to the level of a express tunnel with multiple dryers. I never really got the very bottom of the cars dry like I would like. Today I finally got my new Mammoth dryers hooked up on two of my IBA. I doubled the HP I had by adding 2- 15 HP dryers per bay with the Sonny's dryers. These new finish dryers now get cars very dry. With the multiple nozzles I feel like my cars now get every bit as dry as a tunnel. I will probably be adding some to my other IBAs. Even the installer who has been doing this for 40+ years was impressed.

 

[DiamondWash]

Have any Pictures?

 

[soapy]

This shows one side of the new dryers along with the height of the old side blower. The new dryer is about 9 feet between the silicone nozzles and the nozzles can be rotated forward/ backward about 15 degrees. Each side has a 15 hp blower. Another option I did not get but could add later is a option to swivel the nozzles back and forth during the dry cycle.