Whipple Supercharger
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Yes, Yes and I have been assured by Andrew that I will be fine with my initial boost of 6-7 lbs. All I need is to run one range colder plug, stock ECU and injectors will be fine. Later on when I am ready to go for more boost all I need to do is piggy back ECU, injector upgrade, can retro fit a water to air intercooler if I want to.
I will be looking to go to about 10 lbs of boost, when I do this Andrew also has a 8 rib pulley upgrade kit available. If I do destroy a motor they are ready available, so easy to get another.
I have already put a rebuilt trans with a shift kit in, headers and exhaust, trans cooler and the front brakes were upgraded to Celsior 4 pots with braided lines.
The Whipple, Autorotor and Opcon type blowers are so much more efficient than the Eaton, they are worth the extra expense.
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Just had a quick read through your thread, the centrifugal charger is a good option, a friend of mine here is running a Vortec with air to air intercooling, ECU, pretty sure he fitted some 400cc injectors, could of been 440's, he is now pushing 14 lbs of boost on stock internals. He has just recently fitted a 2800 stall convertor and you can't wipe the smile from his face.
He has made some minor changed since his last tune so he needs to re-tune but he was getting 240kw's at the wheels and that was before he put the smaller pulley on to get some boost.
That got a bit away from what I was going to say, You will absolutely notice the change in yours with the manual, will make it a lot better with the centrifugal charger, look forward to see what sort of results you get.
He has made some minor changed since his last tune so he needs to re-tune but he was getting 240kw's at the wheels and that was before he put the smaller pulley on to get some boost.
That got a bit away from what I was going to say, You will absolutely notice the change in yours with the manual, will make it a lot better with the centrifugal charger, look forward to see what sort of results you get.
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#9
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Andrews intercooler fits inside the manifold and is held in place by the top plate,
very simple and takes up no space in the engine bay.
If you need more info you can contact Andrew here.
richwoodtechnologies@bigpond.com
very simple and takes up no space in the engine bay.
If you need more info you can contact Andrew here.
richwoodtechnologies@bigpond.com
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I have sen his build on SoarerCentral. I love how the centrifugal charger ensures that you are increasing power all the way to the redline. But, I am jealous that your twin screw will be pulling from idle to the redline. I can't wait to see what numbers you throw down.
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I am keen to see what it does on the low boost set up first, then down the track a bit will be upgrading to 10lb set up, injectors, piggy back, and a 8 rib pulley kit, but that's later.
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It has been a while waiting to get this thing fitted, been too busy. No excuse, but had to make some small alterations.
The top pulley was going to hit the bonnet, and I didn't want to alter that, so went back to Andrew at Richwood and he reworked some numbers to reduce the diameter of the pulley.
He is going to machine the top pulley down from 110mm to 93mm and also reduce the size of the crank pulley to keep the ratios close and the end result will be approx 8lbs of boost when fitted.
Everything else I need I have, just got to wait for the pulleys, got to get this thing done.
The top pulley was going to hit the bonnet, and I didn't want to alter that, so went back to Andrew at Richwood and he reworked some numbers to reduce the diameter of the pulley.
He is going to machine the top pulley down from 110mm to 93mm and also reduce the size of the crank pulley to keep the ratios close and the end result will be approx 8lbs of boost when fitted.
Everything else I need I have, just got to wait for the pulleys, got to get this thing done.