heading says it all,we all know its possible,why hasn't anyone made one?

I know,thats what a blower is for,but I don't wan't anything sticking out of my hood,what I heard was it's a real super charger,fits under stock hood. I'm sure a new chip would be needed along with more fuel and better spark control.

 

Dosnt holley makes a roots style blower that fits under the hood?

I just heard about that a while back.

 

Vortech makes one for carbed motors, check their website out...

 

I don't think any of the roots style would fit under a stock hood.

I looked into it and was a bout 1.5" too tall even with my Ram Air hood which sits up 3-4".

 

If it's not a roots then it's a centrifugal which would require you to tear into the car or get a new one. Things that work on vaccum tend not to work in a positive pressure enviroment

Most spring loaded parts (i.e. VS, holley PVs) need to be reversed. As where -30 PSI used to overcome the spring, the spring must oppose the +30 PSI of the S/C and when you floor it and lose pressure/gain vaccum the spring has to engage the secondaires, were before it had to prevent them from opening.

I hope they do it. Sound rather intriguing. I know a few places already make these carb kits but I can't recall which ones.

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1984 WS6 Trans Am Hartop
Former L69 Car under restoration
1984 Trans Am T-tops
4-bolt main 350, performer intake, headers, Holley 650, T-5, hayes clutch, dual elec. fans and 3.23's.
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I think it is ATI that makes a procharger centrifical S/C for carb apps. I've seen it listed, price was like $1700 I believe. I was wondering about the opposite air pressure the carb would be dealing w/, I assume their kit addresses this well enough though or they wouldn't offer it.

A couple companies make small roots blowers that are supposed to fit most cars, they list the Corvette as not fitting, but don't mention the F-body. I think that was a Weiand or however you spell that I was looking at. Holley also has a small blower, I'll go email them if I can get a direct answer on fitting under our heads.

Wasn't some guy on here named Trevor running a roots blower under his stock formula hood or something? Dangit, I forget now.

I was thinking about this alot recently, I think my next engine will be a roots blown 383 or 406 if I can fit it all under the stock hood...

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Ray87Z
-Vortec headed 350.
86 IROC w/ a cammed 305 TPI.
Formerly Ray86IROC.
www.inter-scape.com/Ray

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Here's ATI's page on their blowers for carb apps: http://www.procharger.com/chevy.html

No technical info about it really, and their power comparisons are using intercoolers w/ the procharger, and who knows how much boost, stock boost on the roots. Not sure I like that comparison much...

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Ray87Z
-Vortec headed 350.
86 IROC w/ a cammed 305 TPI.
Formerly Ray86IROC.
www.inter-scape.com/Ray

[This message has been edited by Ray87Z (edited February 09, 2001).]