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Black Baja 06-08-2015 12:27 PM

Tom, does the blower get hot after a couple pulls? You would think that with a blower being over driven so much that it would make it easier to get the egt's up... That's what doesn't make sense to me. Unless the blower is so loose it just doesn't make heat.

800XCR 06-08-2015 12:32 PM

46 more cubic inches can easily = 60 HP or more.........

Peak tq at 3600 is way low in the way of rpms.

TomZ 06-08-2015 12:42 PM


Originally Posted by Black Baja (Post 4314637)
Tom, does the blower get hot after a couple pulls? You would think that with a blower being over driven so much that it would make it easier to get the egt's up... That's what doesn't make sense to me. Unless the blower is so loose it just doesn't make heat.

It was warm but nowhere near hot. If I had to guess, maybe 95-100 degrees?

TomZ 06-08-2015 12:46 PM


Originally Posted by 800XCR (Post 4314641)
46 more cubic inches can easily = 60 HP or more.........

Peak tq at 3600 is way low in the way of rpms.

Agreed, but 46 cid doesn't equate to a difference of 125 HP. Also, I agree that peak torque is way off the mark. I was expecting 4200 or so.

SB 06-08-2015 12:50 PM

A Jim Oddy 468 blown alcohol motor can make in upwards of 1500-1800hp.

Which begs the question, how damn big / worked are these heads ?

And do we know the comb chamber size and where they figured into the actual compression ratio. Some blown bbc's use some pretty damn big combustion chambers.


Originally Posted by TomZ (Post 4314370)
454, Dart 360 heads (don't judge, they were set up for a 468 alky motor and they were a gift)


TomZ 06-08-2015 12:55 PM

They were setup to work on an NA 468. Nothing crazy. They were worked over pretty well to work on the 468, but nothing crazy.

Black Baja 06-08-2015 12:56 PM


Originally Posted by SB (Post 4314654)
A Jim Oddy 468 blown alcohol motor can make in upwards of 1500-1800hp.

Which begs the question, how damn big / worked are these heads ?

And do we know the comb chamber size and where they figured into the actual compression ratio. Some blown bbc's use some pretty damn big combustion chambers.

Haven't heard that name in a long time. My buddy use to work for him.

Black Baja 06-08-2015 01:08 PM


Originally Posted by TomZ (Post 4314649)
It was warm but nowhere near hot. If I had to guess, maybe 95-100 degrees?

With my limited roots blower experience... When you really start spinning them babies they turn into a heat sink and you can hardly put your hand on them.

MILD THUNDER 06-08-2015 01:13 PM

Tom, can you measure the gap from the rotor strips, to the case, at the bottom of the blower with a feeler gauge, and post the results ? Do it on all 4 strips. You should be looking for around .004-.006 range.

TomZ 06-08-2015 01:15 PM

Yep, that was my understanding too. But not hot at all.


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