[Shotimes] Fw: Roots blower on SHO!!
Carl Prochilo
gr8sho@adelphia.net
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:52:22 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Sounds like this design will allow for the bed o snakes to be preserved.
However there is a serious discussion going on about the placement of the
TB wrt the Eaton. Sounds like a high tech jigsaw puzzle.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson
On Thu, December 16, 2004 10:32 am, Tom Smith said:
> There is another thread where Tom Dooley is mounting
> an Eaton in place of the A/C. No hood problems, but
> he needs to move a few things out of the way and total
> stealth. http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=38875
>
>
> Tom 91+
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Carl Prochilo wrote:
>
>> I just scanned all 7 pages of that thread. It is fantastic to see a
>> college kid be able to put 2 and 2 together for this mod. I'd like to
>> see
>> his solution for a hood, and then to hear about how well it drives and
>> performs. Not knowing much about soopa chargers, I do know enough that
>> he
>> really needs a bypass valve to insure all that work doesn't go by the
>> wayside.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> On Wed, December 15, 2004 5:54 pm, Ron Porter said:
>> > Well, it's the first effort, plus he did it very inexpensively (he
>> does a
>> > lot of his own fab work). He admits it's rough, but it's a GREAT first
>> > effort.
>> >
>> > FWIW, I have been suggesting that this is what both the V6 and V8 SHOs
>> > need
>> > for a long time (a roots-type blower). Ryan Dudek and I have
>> > semi-seriously
>> > looked into it for his '98 a few years back. Centrifugal blowers are
>> just
>> > not the plan for small motors in heavy cars, especially with an ATX.
>> >
>> > Once he gets it sorted out, a better-looking setup seems to be in his
>> > plan.
>> >
>> > The whole story is on the SHO Forum:
>> >
>> > http://shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=38564
>> >
>> > Ron Porter
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> > On Behalf Of John Stout
>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:34 PM
>> > To: Shotimes@autox.team.net
>> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fw: Roots blower on SHO!!
>> >
>> >
>> > To say that looks crappy , would be a HUGE understatement
>> >
>> > crusher@ipass.net wrote:That is AWSOME!!!!!!
>> >
>> >
>> > Quoting alfitz@alfitz.com:
>> >
>> >> Check this shit out! This guy used mostly all stock parts from a
>> > Thunderbird
>> >> S/C and somehow bolted the roots style Eaton supercharger onto an
>> SHO!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Al Fitz
>> >> alfitz@alfitz.com
>> >>
>> >> GET YOUR YAMAHA-SHO EMBLEMS AT:
>> >> http://www.alfitz.com/sho/yamaha-emblems.htm
>> >>
>> >> Play Poker with GUS HANSEN at http://www.alfitz.com/gushansen
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> http://home.comcast.net/~mikecrawford9/TylerSC/TylerSC.html
>> >>
>> >> "The breakdown on cost is as follows:
>> >> Eaton m90: $108.25
>> >> Material: $91 for 1/2" plate, $34 for 1/4" x 2.5" flat bar, $11 for
>> 1/4"
>> >> plate
>> >> scraps
>> >> Labor: $100 for welding, because mine don't look as nice as these.
>> >> Misc: fittings, stainless bolts, gasket material about $30
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> As far as tuning goes, i have an LPM that i will have tuned on the
>> dyno.
>> >> I
>> >> will machine a spare set of fuel rails for larger, probably 36-42lb,
>> >> injectors. I will also upgrade to a larger MAF and strap a cone
>> filter
>> >> to
>> >> the
>> >> end if i cannot use the stock air box."
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