XR7 Dave
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Ya, we've been over this ground before so there is nothing to argue about. I will say that I have never stated that a Whipple was superior to an AR or vice versa. Yes this argument was long drawn out previously and Brian did get involved, though not at my request. The discussion went on primarily at your request Damon, but the bottom line is that I've seen all the data from both the AR and Whipple testing and none of it has convinced me that either is superior. I've always maintained that stance and I've not felt the need to explain why I chose the AR. I just did.
If you look at my comments earlier in this thread I never once said anything negative about the Eaton. What I did say is that I believe that an AR will last as long as an Eaton under similar (normal) circumstances. I don't consider the luck of a couple screws making it through Eaton to be a testament to it's reliability. That would be like saying that Escorts are super safe and reliable cars because I rolled mine over and it landed on it's wheels and I kept driving, bet you can't do that with your F350/Vette/SC etc! The comparison is ridiculous.
Anyway, people are talking about these blowers like they already know what they are capable of or not. Truth is no one has any real idea. The M112 has not been tested yet, and the AR has very limited seat time. We have not tried to run the AR over 20psi yet, and we haven't run it over 18psi on a motor that has any real guts to it. Nor have we run it on race fuel or anything like that. In fact we haven't even run it yet with more than a 6 rib blower belt. I haven't made a big deal out of what the AR can or cannot do, the truth is that people are hungry for info and they are making their own conclusions. For now that is about all that can be said/done....
If you look at my comments earlier in this thread I never once said anything negative about the Eaton. What I did say is that I believe that an AR will last as long as an Eaton under similar (normal) circumstances. I don't consider the luck of a couple screws making it through Eaton to be a testament to it's reliability. That would be like saying that Escorts are super safe and reliable cars because I rolled mine over and it landed on it's wheels and I kept driving, bet you can't do that with your F350/Vette/SC etc! The comparison is ridiculous.
Anyway, people are talking about these blowers like they already know what they are capable of or not. Truth is no one has any real idea. The M112 has not been tested yet, and the AR has very limited seat time. We have not tried to run the AR over 20psi yet, and we haven't run it over 18psi on a motor that has any real guts to it. Nor have we run it on race fuel or anything like that. In fact we haven't even run it yet with more than a 6 rib blower belt. I haven't made a big deal out of what the AR can or cannot do, the truth is that people are hungry for info and they are making their own conclusions. For now that is about all that can be said/done....