Blower...maybe not.

black rat

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Ok, thanks for the input. Yes, what I meant was somehow routing the air intake through the hood, a la weiand high rise, with the scoop-intake sticking out. it would be purely cosmetic, but if it detracts from performance, I dont want it. I'm going to pull the motor and redo it anyway, it's full of crapola. I just hadn't decided HOW to redo it yet. Is the blower the factory aluminum tubing from the top of the supercharger to the intercooler? Thats not what I had pictured as a blower, I was thinking of the intake scoop sticking out of the hood on funny cars. Sorry if I misspoke and sounded like an idiot. It was late and I was tired. But I really want to do this right. I've got a better than laymans' knowledge of cars and engines, but college was 18 years ago. I didn't follow that career path, and I'm a little rusty.(Ha Ha!) It sounds like my idea is more work than benefit. Thanks again, I'll be back.

Leonard:D:D:cool:
 
The part on the left is the blower. It's mounted upside down compared to a weiand. It's inlet is actually on the back, and it outputs boost through the top, which goes through the tubes through the intercooler, then back to the plenum at the back of the intake. What your describing could be done, and would look cool, but would be hard to come up w/ an intercooler i would think...

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The blower is essentially the big aluminum block with a snout sticking off of it, of which the top hat (says 3.8) and the tubing go into. The tubing, and the intercooler (small radiator) are only there to cool the air temp before it reaches the engine.

More than likely, it'll take away from engine performance. So I wouldn't bother.


EDIT: 351 got in before I did.
 
IT CAN BE MOUNTED ANYWAY YOU WANT check out
http://community.webshots.com/user/mannysc i have pictures of my inverted blower and a home made water to air ic that did a terrific job cooling air way better than the stock ic did.


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