VMP Product Development | Stage 3 Odin 2650 TVS Supercharger & Ice Tank
Few things get my inner scientist going like seeing practical engineering advancements being tested, and the crew at VMP Performance do that on the daily. We recently stopped by and found them working away on several projects that will soon be coming to a Mustang near you. One car on the scene that should be familiar to anyone in the Coyote Performance World is VMP’s own Chuck Harter’s 2019 10R80 equipped Mustang GT. It has been a VMP Odin blower test car since the program began, and they are far from finished with it.
Chuck's S550 has been a test mule for pretty much every piece of VMP Odin hardware you can imagine.
As it sits, Chuck’s car is sporting VMP’s latest Stage 3 Odin 2650 TVS Supercharger featuring Magnuson’s DFT port design. Magnuson is VMP’s manufacturing partner for the Odin line of blowers, and they bring over 60 years of supercharger design experience to the table. The VMP/Magnuson team has been producing some of the most impressive Mustang blower kits in recent memory and there’s a lot more on the way. If you’re interested in seeing inside a VMP Stage 3 Odin 2650 take a look at this vid:
So what advantage does the Stage 3 Odin design have over the Stage 2? The short answer is increased airflow via reduced restriction in the intake tract. The Magnuson DFT port on the rotor bearing plate is aided be the VMP 163mm throttle body and VMP’s new aFe produced cold air intake. That adds up to the Stage 3 Odin making two more pounds of boost at 20,000 RPM rotor speed than the Stage 2 model. If you plan on running your Coyote over 800HP the VMP Stage 3 Odin would be the version to shop.
If you buy an Odin Blower kit, do yourself a favor and spring for the full package with the upgraded throttle body and CAI. The total package is the way to go.
The Odin Ice Tank gives a huge performance advantage over smaller, non-loadable, coolant reservoirs.
Finally, to insure minimum belt slippage Chucks car is setup with an 8-Rib belt kit and a 20% overdrive balancer. This allows the Odin blower to turn higher RPMs with larger pulleys. Larger pulleys have a greater area of belt contact surface (belt wrap) than a smaller pulley setup, thus preventing power-robbing belt slip. To further aid in the battle against belt slip VMP has designed a No-Drill bolt on idler pulley bracket that cleverly mounts to the Coyote front cover. This bracket routes the blower belt in a way that optimizes the function of the tensioner to keep the blower belt properly taut.
Here you can see the dual return lines going into the Odin Ice Tank.
The Odin Ice Tank is designed to use all the available space in its mounting location while still fitting with the Odin CAI.
For the first part out of the mold, this particular part fits very well. That bracket mounted to the strut tower will be powder coated black for final production.
It's tough to see in this pic, but the Odin Ice Tank includes a drain valve to allow racers to remove excess water at the track between runs.
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