Self ported blower pic's and numbers

[yellowgt02]

Sorry for the bad camera phone pic....although it does hide the dirt all over the engine LOL

Here is IronFist's blower all installed. I painted it flat black...Im going to paint the "FORD" and SVT" on the snout silver.

I followed Kirks directions on R&R blower removal, and it worked wonders. Except for the last damn intercooler bolt that broke off. Luckily I had some extra bolts kicking around the shop that was pretty much the same size and thread. I dont forsee any problems with it.

Numbers to come on May 6th.

Im pretty stoked now! Thanks again for a great blower Justin!
:beer::rockon::thumbsup:

 

[Posi]

Sub'n and good luck.

 

[Jroc]

Got a little too happy porting my TB today. What do y'all think?

Untouched.

Ruffed out.

Sanded.

As you can see I broke into the cavity that flows air to the IAC Valve. Would y'all just go with it or try and have it welded? I'm sure the airflow won't be as smooth, but I would think it would run fine as its just another opening to flow air to the IAC.

It also has a small crack around the edge from I assume having the intake tightened down too hard.(See below picture) You could see it pretty easily BF I sanded it, but its hard to tell know especially in a picture you can't really see it, but its still there and you can see it if you look hard enough for it in person. I think I'm going to grind it out and have it welded in.

Here are some pictures of the inside of my plenum.

 

[Posi]

That TB looks great!

Might as well put some JB weld in that extra hole and sand it in. Even if it came loose it won't go in your engine. Plus it's already clean and now is the time to do it. You might even be able to strengthen up that crack from the outside with it.

 

[Jroc]

^ Thanks Posi! I was even thinking about polishing it up with some Simichrome. Pretty sure I'm going to sand the outside smooth and polish it. :beer:

Is JB Weld that hard almost clay/smooth cement looking stuff? I would assume you would probably use it more in Mold building than in Die building. We did have an old form die come in the shop about a mounth ago thought that had all the bolt holes filled in with this hard compound that was sanded smooth with the rest of the die block. I'm guessing that maybe thats JB Weld, but I didn't work on that die.

 

[Iron Fist]

Numbers to come on May 6th.

Im pretty stoked now! Thanks again for a great blower Justin!
:beer::rockon::thumbsup:

Looks good, can't wait. Good luck:beer:

 

[Iron Fist]

Jroc,

I would fill the hole with an Aluminum Filled Epoxy Resin.

Reference link.
Smooth On A4 METALSET Aluminum Filled Epoxy Resin Cement, 6 Oz. Tube* The largest selection of Aircraft parts and Pilot Supplies.- SkyGeek.com


I made a vacuum form mold out of the stuff about 10 yrs ago, very durable.

 

[Jroc]

^ Thanks Iron Fist! I think I might give that a try.

 

[Pnsh3r]

hey Posi,

I was looking at this image here, and the little openings in the corners. How come I have not seen any blowers with same being done right in the center?
Is there not enough material there? Don't know byu how much, but I am pretty sure that it would help a bit.

 

[Posi]

hey Posi,

I was looking at this image here, and the little openings in the corners. How come I have not seen any blowers with same being done right in the center?
Is there not enough material there? Don't know byu how much, but I am pretty sure that it would help a bit.

If that's what you are talking about above, the bottom center is not a pick up point for air for the rotors. The two outside corners on the bottom and then the top center is. If you look at the rotor profile and the direction they spin you'll see it.

 

[Pnsh3r]

got it. I am about to look at it all again, too. I was under the impression that the center part would allow mor air to come in, too - but, looking it at more the rotors will already be "mashed" by then, so it would not make sense dropping the profile on the case anymore. Makes sense now. Thanks alot.

Btw, I saw your other threads too & just wanna congratulate you on the ports & business starting up. What makes it even cooler is that you are not being all secretive and coy about all the work that you do. If my monetary situation was different I would definitely let you do your magic on my supercharger, too.
Best of luck bro.

 

[Posi]

Thanks I appreciate it very much. Sometimes I think I shouldn't post pic's like the one above but I started this for anyone that wanted to do their own port to have something to look at and read to understand all of it. Mission accomplished.

 

[Jroc]

Posi do you know where you can get flappers and sanding drums for airtool with very fine grits?(600, 1500, 2000, etc) I want to polish my TB and paint the blower and Plenum, but you rather not do it by hand.

Also I'm debating heating my housing to 700 degree for 30 minutes or so. I preheated the Plenum BF I welded it and it sure make getting the paint off it a hell of a lot easier. I wouldn't think that would warp up the housing, do you?

Here are some pictures of my housing with the mill work done. It sucks that you have to use a die grinder to finish off the bottom under the lip at the front of the housing after taking the time to mill it.

 

[Posi]

If you're talking about heating the case up I wouldn't do it at that high of a temperature. There's just not much clearance in there to chance it. Let alone you've done all the hard work and it wouldn't be pretty in your house if it did warp lol.

As far as the high grit flappers I've never looked for any that fine.

 

[Pnsh3r]

Posi - talk to me

 

[Posi]

Wow that inlet is tall. I hope you can match your plenum to it. If you can then it looks good to me. Just make the outlet on the plenum as close to matching the inlet as you can. Is the large hump gone in there for the EGR? If not try and get more of it out.

Looks like you worked on the Rotor "lead in" back there in the back. If so then that's good.

Now get some flappers and polish it up and make it look all good.

 

[Posi]

Just a tip.


Anyone doing this do your plenums first. Make them as large as you can and then cut the gasket out to match. Put the gasket on the blower next and use a permanent marker or a scribe to trace some lines on the blower and then port til the lines are barely gone.

It's always better to have the inlet on the blower a little larger than the plenum though. If the inlet is smaller than the plenum then the air will hit that small obstruction.

I should've said this before now but didn't think about it.

 

[prodsvt]

so we ported this blower a couple of days ago.
we took it to the dyno and the blower got really hot and we lost boost.
i was wondering if anyone could tell me what i did wrong. and how i can correct it.
we striped the rotors, ported the blower. refilled the oil in the supercharger. if there's something i forgot to do please tell me. here's some pics.

 

[Rick James]

What do you mean you "striped" the rotors?? :shrug: I hope you don't mean you stripped the coating off of them. From the looks of it, I think you may have.

 

[Root1022]

What do you mean you "striped" the rotors?? :shrug: I hope you don't mean you stripped the coating off of them. From the looks of it, I think you may have.

Im thinking thats exactly what he meant lol