I'm thinking of doing a big block monte carlo or impala with a blow through supercharger setup, like vortech's V2 belt driven centrifigal supercharger, and I was wondering where i could find that style supercharger. All I've found and all that I have are the superchargers that sit on top of the motor like the weind 6-71s and 8-71s. I want to do a blown motor but I don't want it like everybody else's and ahve the blower scoop sticking up out of the hood.

any help would be greatly appreciated

thx

1:1 blow through superchargers were made by Paxton and a few other.  They basically look like a turbocharger with a pulley instead of the exhaust driven side.  An internet search should be helpful here.

Gary

exactly, would you happen to know where there may be a resin version of that style supercharger? all of the model aftermarket companies i've looked at only have the roots or screw type superchargers.

If you can't find them in resin, pick up the reissue of the Surf Woody. There is a dual Paxton blow through set up in that kit. It's Chrome if you are looking for glitter.

 Good luck.

 Scott

awsesome thanks for the tip. who reissued it AMT? anyway thanks again for the tip.

Hey car guy,

Yep - AMT.

 Here's a pic for inspiration. I built these from scratch before the Surf Woods was reissued. I used a Paxton catalog for reference. Built the pullys from K&S tubing.

 Have fun Bud!

Scott

 
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It's called centrifugal, not "blow through" 

This is the only resin one I know of, and I'm not sure if you can order from mas anymore...

thx for the pic it really helps. i know the blower itself is called centrifugal, but on carb. engines you need a blow through style carb, hence the name blow through system. I may wind up scratchbuilding the whole system.

The AMT 1957 Ford Fairlane has a Paxton style one in it :)

there is a Vortech supercharger in the Revell Saleen Mustang kit that can be adapted to other engines. you could also contact Freakintiger, a member here about building you some for your project. he has done some for me that were very nice for a reasonable fee.

Dave

thx guys you've all been a big help. unfortunately if i need to scratchbuild the blowers i'll have to do it myself, cause i don't have the money to pay somebody to do it.

i'm really glad to hear that the saleen stang kit has it cause i've been eyeballing that kit for awhile and it'll give me a good enough reason to buy it. lol

carguy06:

thx for the pic it really helps. i know the blower itself is called centrifugal, but on carb. engines you need a blow through style carb, hence the name blow through system. I may wind up scratchbuilding the whole system.

I must admit, I couldn't for the life of me figure out what you meant by "blow through" supercharger either.  What you have been describing is a Centrifugal Supercharger (to understand how one of those works, all you need to is to disassembe any vacuum cleaner-those use the centrifugal blower principle).  Actually, any of the three common types of superchargers can be used on the cold air side of the fuel metering setup (carburetor or fuel injection, doesn't matter).  Of course, it's quite impractical to mount a GMC supercharger this way, due to the mounting setup, which stemmed from its original application, bolted to the cylinder head of a Detroit 2-cycle diesel engine, or the turbocharger, which relies on exhaust pressure to spin a centrifugal blower.

That said, the annals of supercharged cars is pretty well filled with superchargers acting on the cold air side of the fuel metering part--Bugatti supercharged (Rootes) and the famed 1929-31 Blower Bentleys had their Rootes superchargers pushing cold, clean air into the carburetor, as have many mechanically driven centrifugal superchargers (the famed Miller and Duesenberg supercharged racing engines of the 30's tended to use the blower between carburetor and engine, though.

Just thought I would add this bit of clarification of terminology.

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