CH Compressor Lines

[bfr57]

I have a 80 gallon single stage dual piston CH compressor. I am adding an intercooler and noticed the lines coming off the compressor heads neck down to a 3/8 line feeding the tank. That seems a little small to me for all that volume from 2 big pistons. I bought it new so it was like that from the factory. Am I looking at troubles if I enlarge that line?

 

[lukedwag]

Don't be fooled by the large tank. That pump doesn't move as much air as you think. I'm sure you could up size the lines but given the port sizes in the head I doubt it will do much. Now if your adding a lot of additional length then it might help.

 

[bfr57]

The thread size coming off of the heads is 3/4 npt. The lines coming off them are actually 1/2 copper