Weiand 142 vs. 144...
10-01-2006, 04:35 PM
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Weiand 142 vs. 144...
I've been searching around for blowers for some time now. I was settled on the Weiand 142. Then I found the Weiand 144. I guess the differences aren't that huge except the 144 has Teflon rotors and a 10-rib belt setup.
Any reason why I would want one over the other?
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Any reason why I would want one over the other?
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10-03-2006, 05:29 PM
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Car: cleanest '86 sport coupe around!!
Engine: 355ci twin 66mm turbos on e85
Transmission: built rmvb th400 w/ t-brake
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go with the 144...its a bit stronger in construction. Those two blowers flow approximately the same or veerry close.
10-04-2006, 12:00 PM
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The 144 sits the carb a smidge lower than the 142 also. Go check the measurement specs on Holley's website and you'll see there's a difference of about 1/2-3/4" in carb height. No, you still can't fit it under a stock 3rd gen hood- not by a long shot.
I use the 142 myself (Weiand design) but had it converted over to Teflon rotor tips when I had it rebuilt. It was rebuilt by The Blower Shop in California and I can vouch for their work. They found TONS of small things wrong with my blower when I sent it in (after the rotors collided with the case for no apparent reason and without warning). They really did an awesome job on the rebuild, installing the teflon-tipped rotors and dealing with me asking a few zillion questions over the phone.
The 144 is the old B&M design blower that Holley picked up when B&M decided to stop making them. They're both nearly identical designs.
I use the 142 myself (Weiand design) but had it converted over to Teflon rotor tips when I had it rebuilt. It was rebuilt by The Blower Shop in California and I can vouch for their work. They found TONS of small things wrong with my blower when I sent it in (after the rotors collided with the case for no apparent reason and without warning). They really did an awesome job on the rebuild, installing the teflon-tipped rotors and dealing with me asking a few zillion questions over the phone.
The 144 is the old B&M design blower that Holley picked up when B&M decided to stop making them. They're both nearly identical designs.
10-04-2006, 08:09 PM
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Car: Bee-Bowdy
Engine: blowd tree-fity
Transmission: sebin hunnerd
Axle/Gears: fo-tins
The 144 sits the carb a smidge lower than the 142 also. Go check the measurement specs on Holley's website and you'll see there's a difference of about 1/2-3/4" in carb height. No, you still can't fit it under a stock 3rd gen hood- not by a long shot.
I use the 142 myself (Weiand design) but had it converted over to Teflon rotor tips when I had it rebuilt. It was rebuilt by The Blower Shop in California and I can vouch for their work. They found TONS of small things wrong with my blower when I sent it in (after the rotors collided with the case for no apparent reason and without warning). They really did an awesome job on the rebuild, installing the teflon-tipped rotors and dealing with me asking a few zillion questions over the phone.
The 144 is the old B&M design blower that Holley picked up when B&M decided to stop making them. They're both nearly identical designs.
I use the 142 myself (Weiand design) but had it converted over to Teflon rotor tips when I had it rebuilt. It was rebuilt by The Blower Shop in California and I can vouch for their work. They found TONS of small things wrong with my blower when I sent it in (after the rotors collided with the case for no apparent reason and without warning). They really did an awesome job on the rebuild, installing the teflon-tipped rotors and dealing with me asking a few zillion questions over the phone.
The 144 is the old B&M design blower that Holley picked up when B&M decided to stop making them. They're both nearly identical designs.
I've already come to terms with the hole I have to cut in the hood. I get to try my skills at blending in a cowl. The car isn't pretty to begin with so it might as well be functional.
I used to drive on a dyno for a company called Apten (F*rd tuning and such...). I flogged alot of 03-04 Cobras in my time there. Some of those guys liked to put a huge wagon wheel pulleys on the crank and get ~22 lbs of boost from the stock Eaton. Needless to say I've heard a few Eatons come apart or rotors hit the case. Kinda sounds like a power steering pump about to let go.
10-04-2006, 10:58 PM
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My thoughts are on the Teflon coated rotors, supposedly on the heatons it makes quite a bit of difference. The 92-93 3800s make about 15-20hp less then a 94-95 with the same displacement blower (M62) with the difference supposedly being largely in the teflon coating.
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