just curious.. how is this charger driven ??
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I believe there is an adaptor attached to the flywheel. You can see the belt guard to the right of the blower. As I recall Dennis Quella used to do this conversion.
thanks Husker ! would like to see detail pic how they do that ... 
I think the drive pulley is behind the flywheel, and passes through a slot or holes cut in the bellhousing. Stuff like this is often used on dirt-track sprint cars. Changing belts appears to be a weekend job. I think George posted a shot of this car (or a similar one) in the past.
Funny how the air filter is placed just over the left exhaust header. It may pull in cooler air if it were to come straight out over the ZF. Even better thru the AC hole.
Just trying to imagine the pulley diameters and the resulting drive ratio at the supercharger.
I see a maybe six inch pulley being driven by a flywheel diameter (14"?) pulley? 2.3:1?
6000 engine rpm that would have that supercharger spinning at about 14,000 rpm. Seems fast for such a large blower.
I see a maybe six inch pulley being driven by a flywheel diameter (14"?) pulley? 2.3:1?
6000 engine rpm that would have that supercharger spinning at about 14,000 rpm. Seems fast for such a large blower.
Larry, my guess is that is a Vortech J-trim or something similar mondo straight volute which has an internal step up ratio of 3.45 in the gear case. So if we assume a the flywheel pulley is in fact 14" and the blower pulley is half that at 6" you would calculate the impeller rpm with this.
14 / 6 * 3.45 * 6000rpm = 48,300 impeller rpm.
The Vortech J-trim is rated at 58,000 max impeller rpm, so actually the blower is being quite under-spun and the J-trim is a race blower which typically has larger tolerances for the impeller to grow as it heats up under high rpm which tightens the space between the housing and the scroll creating more pressure/air. The J-trim is good for 1100hp so IMO its not sized correctly for a street application which is what the rest of that motor looks like. What this means is the blower is kind of lazy on the low end vs utilizing a smaller blower that is more closely matched to the power level the car runs at which will make more boost earlier. The T, YS, YSi, and Paxton Novi 2000 would make a better candidate for a car that sees more street rpm. The car would get into boost quicker.
14 / 6 * 3.45 * 6000rpm = 48,300 impeller rpm.
The Vortech J-trim is rated at 58,000 max impeller rpm, so actually the blower is being quite under-spun and the J-trim is a race blower which typically has larger tolerances for the impeller to grow as it heats up under high rpm which tightens the space between the housing and the scroll creating more pressure/air. The J-trim is good for 1100hp so IMO its not sized correctly for a street application which is what the rest of that motor looks like. What this means is the blower is kind of lazy on the low end vs utilizing a smaller blower that is more closely matched to the power level the car runs at which will make more boost earlier. The T, YS, YSi, and Paxton Novi 2000 would make a better candidate for a car that sees more street rpm. The car would get into boost quicker.
I suppose you could modify the end of the pressure plate to bolt on a smaller pulley than 14". There is a couple of inches between the pressure plate and the transmission and a pulley could have a large hole in the center to allow a hydraulic throwout bearing to work.
I would have thought it would be much easier, & smarter to run a shaft through the valley from the front of the engine.
regards,
Tony.
regards,
Tony.
Looks like this is a flywheel driven unit:
Here is a link that turns up when you use Google's image search on the photo supplied:
http://www.panteracars.com/122705SR.htm
http://www.network54.com/Forum...h+V2+on+a+cleveland-
Here is a link that turns up when you use Google's image search on the photo supplied:
http://www.panteracars.com/122705SR.htm
http://www.network54.com/Forum...h+V2+on+a+cleveland-
quote:Originally posted by mistersolo:
I suppose you could modify the end of the pressure plate to bolt on a smaller pulley than 14". There is a couple of inches between the pressure plate and the transmission and a pulley could have a large hole in the center to allow a hydraulic throwout bearing to work.
I have a Novi 2000 from my mustang that would work great, but I just can't bring myself to fab a jackshaft setup. I just think they look hokey. The setup Wilkinson supposedly did here does look nice but as mentioned not very friendly to any kind of belt maintenance. I'm curious honestly how big of a belt they are running as well and clearances. Would love to see more detailed pics of this setup to be honest.