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Old May 11, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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Pics of TPI Rails and lid fabricated for a B&M 144

Just found some pics on ebay thought I would share them.







LOL, if I had the cash I would buy it just to see how great it all works together.

Bet he had a fun time trying to get the TV cable and Throttle cable hooked up and not binding.

Must have been trying to squeeze it under a flat hood or something.
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Old May 11, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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Nice looking set-up, but I wonder if he actually ran it. Reason being, you need to have fuel go through the supercharger to keep it cool, especially with teflon tipped rotors. Not only is the input shaft missing, it also appears that the rotor(s) are gone also. Kinda makes me wonder why he's selling it...
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Old May 12, 2005 | 02:46 AM
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huh, you beat me to it, I dont think the thing would live long without fuel going through it
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Old May 12, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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I guess you could always use a Carrol Superchargering SuperFueler to put in 3 fuel injectiors right after the TB course at that angle you might have a little fuel puddling.

I kind of doubt it he has a picture of it on a carb motor with a v-belt setup. Supposely he's including both long and short noses for it.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 12:17 AM
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B&M used to have a fuel injection system that bolted on top of those superchargers that looked fairly similar to the one in those pictures. I'll see if I can dig up a picture and post it.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 01:04 AM
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After digging through my "archives" I found the flyer:



It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years!
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Old May 13, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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Cool. Never seen that before. Thanks for taking the time to find it!

I was really considering not even posting this thread, cause I didn't want to start a big war over red neck engineering. Not like I ever stooped that low to get a project done....
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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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Do the Eaton SC's on the Lightning/Cobra have a different design on the rotors or something? They don't wear the rotors out being "dry" like you guys say the 144 would...

There's someone running an old Lightning SC with a very similar set up. I wonder if it came from the same fabricator???
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Old May 16, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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Yep, different number of lobes, different shaped lobes, different clearances, different bearing and drive assemblies…
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Old May 16, 2005 | 01:02 PM
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Originally posted by Motor City Mike
After digging through my "archives" I found the flyer:



WHAT A DINOSAUR!!

That would be cool for a period correct '80s hot rod.... like maybe a C4 or something "different". Maybe one of those V8 Archie Fieros.
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