454 blower update.
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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.
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It was warm but nowhere near hot. If I had to guess, maybe 95-100 degrees?
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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.
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.
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From: bel air, md
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.
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.
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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.



