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When blowers eat themselves.

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  • Start date Start date Jul 2, 2006

Tylerb59

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  • Jul 2, 2006
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Boost = heat =





As you can see the rotors started grinding themselves to death and spit out the chunks over the intercooler. The intercooler below the supercharger then became an air filter.

I hurt some elements on the transmission which are being replaced, but the big purchase here is the Whipple Supercharger:



Last but not least (the stock blower -- now a paperweight) I installed a little something extra for the Metro:



SC is installed, but we're waiting on more parts to come in (clutch, etc) before everything can be tightened down and start the car.

Should be awesome when it's done. A couple quick pictures here:
http://esimracing.com/stang/whipple/index.html

I can't wait.

THANK YOU PAUL, MIKE, JAMIE, RICK, WILL, DEREK, CHUCK, CHRISTIAN and EVERYONE ELSE FOR HELPING ME WITH THIS!!!!!
 
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MyFordsFly

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  • Jul 3, 2006
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Was gonna say it could have been worse till I saw the last pic.
 

Johnnb

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I think that whipple charger has more displacement then the entire Geo motor. hahahahahaha
 

Tylerb59

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The stock Eaton does! 1.7 > 1.4
 

almostblown

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How often does this happen?
 
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