Intercoolers for 1471 blower motors- Worth the money?

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02-01-2009, 11:03 AM

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any time you compress air,you also heat it,even with a psi,the psi by design makes less heat,but still will benefit from cooling the air charge.

U do realize this thread is from 2005 , and who knows if Dar is even still around

02-01-2009, 12:20 PM

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Wipe the dust off this thread!

Whipple MOAC is the Whos your Daddy of coolers.

02-03-2009, 11:15 AM

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U do realize this thread is from 2005 , and who knows if Dar is even still around

I hope the laws of physics have not changed in the last 4 years!!!

04-21-2013, 11:19 PM

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i just bought a blowershop 1471 for my boat i have bigblock 572 just wonderin if i really need to dyno or just put the blower with 5 psi

04-22-2013, 05:14 PM

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i just bought a blowershop 1471 for my boat i have bigblock 572 just wonderin if i really need to dyno or just put the blower with 5 psi

OMG yes. You need to tune the engine for the blower. You will have to rejet the carbs. Otherwise you might melt a piston. Dyno tuning is needed to get it close.

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04-22-2013, 07:52 PM

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dyno tuning is a good tool but a good air/fuel meter works really good.on every engine for marine i have dyno,d,needed to be retuned in the boat with a a/f ratio meter.