I was reading the "Camaro Performance Handbook" by David Shelby and it briefly mentioned something about a low-profile roots blower that could fit under a stock hood. Does anyone know more about this?

 

About the only way you are getting a roots under the hood is a magnacharger setup, and preferribly on an LS1.

 

you can fit the wieand 144 series blowers under the stock hood wtih the correct air cleaner (i believe)

 

Now that i would have to see to believe, IIRC my edelbrock torquer II, edel carb, and drop base cleaner didnt clear by much....

 

dimension chart for holley superchargers

 

can't seem to get the rest of the chart on here so here is the url.

http://holley.com/HiOctn/TechServ/TechInfo/SCTech3.html

 

Read the book more carefully, it says "under the hood of a late model Camaro", and nowhere states "stock hood". It will fit under a Camaro hood, but it will require a raised cowl Camaro hood. It will fit under a 2.5" barely, with the right aircleaner - I've seen it done. But 4" would be better.

He's just stating that you can conceal a blower under a hood in a late model Camaro, and not have to cut a hole for clearance. He should have clarified that a little better. The "low profile" blower he refers to is the 142/144 blower, which is much shorter than a 6-71 or 8-71 setup.

There are a lot of important omissions in that book, not to mention that it's horribly outdated.