

| Subject: | Re: V8 into Vanagon? |
| From: | Al and Sue Brase |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:08:52 -0600 |
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 >> > > ________________________________________ > Bostig Engineering > Engine Systems Voodoo > http://www.bostig.com/ > 978.772.3274 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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