Whipple vs. Magnacharger
 

Well I'm scrapping the idea of swapping my 350 for a 496... Its just going to cost to much. So supercharging the 350 is the way I'm going! My question is which is better and why. A Magnacharger or a Whipple. I know most everyone is using Whipples. I'm just curious why nobody talks about the Magnacharger. FYI this is going on an '87 350 magnum.

I would just use a small roots blower like a Wieand 177 or B&M 174.

Procharger.... :D


John jr

If you think it will cost to much for a 496 you really do not want to start playing with a blower of any kind . :eek:

Innercooled Whipple is the only way to go. Had them all, and this is by far the best setup.

Just my experienced opinion.

Chris

What compression ratio is your motor? I thought 350 mags are 9.5 in the late 80's

To be honest I'm not sure what the Mag is.... I'm pretty sure it's 9.0 to 1 but I could be wrong on this.

Jeff,
In order to get my 496 block converted for marine use it would cost over $6000 in all the little parts. It's very hard to find anything for this motor and when you do it's big bucks!!!!!! Raylar heads for example are somewhere around $3500.00 and there only good for 50 hp. I can get AFR heads for my small block and there good for 80+ hp and only cost $1500. So if I put $6000 in the small block I would have one wicked motor with far more power than a stock 496 ho.

a really good set of heads and a cam will put you at the power level a 9.1 blower will make for 1/2 the $$$ and twice the reliability.

X2

Dude.. I been here....

Youll be dicking with this till the end of time if you bolt a blower on a stock small block. I chased blown small blocks around for years - unless you are going to do a complete teardown and rebuild stay away from blowers of any kind.

Spend your money like this.

Exhaust (without spending the money on this your pi$$ing up a rope)
AFR/Brodix heads/intake combo
good "relatively" mild roller cam setup

Go boating.

There are NO shortcuts in engine building. I know you wanted to hear it would be ok to bolt a blower on- its not, and the blower sales guys will rarely level with you about this.


UD