HELP, somebody, please help me understand.
I got a few questions, no really a LOT of questions, concerning blowers, and I've read and surfed and searched, and ya know, it'd be a whole lot easier if you blower guys would just give me the 'do this, don't do that' stuff, and follow along with me as I try to get my mind around some of the practices that go along with 'blower ownership'.
I am only concerned with rotor type blowers.
1) Are all rotor types ROOTS?
2) Are ROOTS and SCREW the same thing? Is there nonhelical rotors?
3) Do they all have blower oil in the cavity, for the bearings?
4) WTF is the deal with WHIPPLES? Are they an EATON, basically, and while we're here, who all makes them? I know of B&M/HOLLEY, EATON, WHIPPLE (I guess it's different...), who else?
5) Is a quad rotor a 4 rotor blower (uni) or a melding of (2) two rotor blowers, made into one unit? Who does this?
6) Do all marine blowers have the bypass, typically found in modern blown autos, that dumps boost when not needed, for mileage, and to reduce drag?
7) Do you have to use the the applicable blower configuration (for yur specific heads), or are there common adapter plates that mate standard bolt patterns to specific heads?
8) Do they all have the carb bolted vertically, atop the housing, or is there side carb mounting ones?
Okay, I got tons more, I'll let this simmer some, before I add more stuff to the mix.
I got a few questions, no really a LOT of questions, concerning blowers, and I've read and surfed and searched, and ya know, it'd be a whole lot easier if you blower guys would just give me the 'do this, don't do that' stuff, and follow along with me as I try to get my mind around some of the practices that go along with 'blower ownership'.
I am only concerned with rotor type blowers.
1) Are all rotor types ROOTS?
2) Are ROOTS and SCREW the same thing? Is there nonhelical rotors?
3) Do they all have blower oil in the cavity, for the bearings?
4) WTF is the deal with WHIPPLES? Are they an EATON, basically, and while we're here, who all makes them? I know of B&M/HOLLEY, EATON, WHIPPLE (I guess it's different...), who else?
5) Is a quad rotor a 4 rotor blower (uni) or a melding of (2) two rotor blowers, made into one unit? Who does this?
6) Do all marine blowers have the bypass, typically found in modern blown autos, that dumps boost when not needed, for mileage, and to reduce drag?
7) Do you have to use the the applicable blower configuration (for yur specific heads), or are there common adapter plates that mate standard bolt patterns to specific heads?
8) Do they all have the carb bolted vertically, atop the housing, or is there side carb mounting ones?
Okay, I got tons more, I'll let this simmer some, before I add more stuff to the mix.
Smitty
