Date:         Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:08:52 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: V8 into Vanagon?
Comments: To: "Bostig Eng." <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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Whipple? That 's a Roots type, isn't it. then there are the Eaton used
on buicks and similar on Fords, All Roots again.
BTW,  a few years back I saw a 911 SC with a Whipple on it. When the guy
cracked the throttle it was absolutly scarey.
Even my Sue (my wife) was impressed. That doesn't happen very  often.
Al Brase

Bostig Eng. wrote:

> The roots is a decent blower, not my favorite, but perfect for making
> lots
> of low end if you don't have a screwcharger option. Not sure what you'd
> imagine a "good" blower to be for an SVX, since a roots or
> screwcharger for
> the SVX run $6200+ for the kit alone... and since if you went centrifugal
> you'd be fabbing a custom setup anyhow, for all the work and money
> involved
> you're better off with a turbo, and a weddle for when you chunk your
> tranny :)
>
>
>
> At 12:12 AM 2/1/2006, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>>> We can install the Ford Racing roots blower on the zetec and make more
>>> power and more low end torque than the SVX without the extra weight and
>>> noise not to mention maintenance costs.
>>
>>
>> Put a blower on the SVX engine... a DECENT blower, not a Roots...
>> --
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
>> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>>
>> HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE
>>
>> DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
>>
>
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