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Jim, I am building my own supercharger that is designed to fill the large displacement engines that are in gas motorhomes and trucks that are used to haul heavy loads. Blower pressure will be between 8 and 10 psi, I will see what the engine likes better. I was checking out the Kenny Bell drive system and I'm surprised that the alternator can handle that load. I tested that drive design with a centrifugal unit and wasn't happy(or I should say that the alternator bearings were not happy)
Jim, feel free to give me a call @(877)794-7697 and we can talk as the kit developes.
Wally Cahill
Jim, feel free to give me a call @(877)794-7697 and we can talk as the kit developes.
Wally Cahill
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I can't believe Kenne Bell is asking $4K for that setup. Are you sure that's not an early prototype? I don't think any of their other Whipple kits run off the alternator. Seem like all their other blowers have a sturdy pulley extension at the front and run off the crank. I'm sure as hell not paying $4K for that.
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>
>I can't believe Kenne Bell is
>asking $4K for that setup.
> Are you sure that's
>not an early prototype?
>I don't think any of
>their other Whipple kits run
>off the alternator. Seem
>like all their other blowers
>have a sturdy pulley extension
>at the front and run
>off the crank. I'm
>sure as hell not paying
>$4K for that.
Nor would I! I put a Paxton Novi 2000 on my '99 F250 V-10 Lariat SD SC in March. I prepared for this last year by installing a Banks Powerpack (which includes their great headers). The Powerpack gave me quite an improvement in performance, above that emanating from the Superchip that I had installed before the new car smell was out of the cab.
The Paxton is certainly the best *looking* kit out there, as it looks like Ford had designed and installed it. The V-10's performance is now something like I feel it should have been, also. While the Triton V-10 is a fine engine, the SuperDuty is so heavy that it EATS torque and horsepower. It needed some help.
Surprisingly, I even got about 4/10 additional highway gas mileage after installing the SC. That was a totally unexpected bonus. :-)
FYI, Paxton was bought at Summit Racing for $3935.39. From the Paxton factory (direct), the price would have been $5100. Installation labor at Anchorage's Jim Moore's did tons of excellent work for ~$900.
Tom
>I can't believe Kenne Bell is
>asking $4K for that setup.
> Are you sure that's
>not an early prototype?
>I don't think any of
>their other Whipple kits run
>off the alternator. Seem
>like all their other blowers
>have a sturdy pulley extension
>at the front and run
>off the crank. I'm
>sure as hell not paying
>$4K for that.
Nor would I! I put a Paxton Novi 2000 on my '99 F250 V-10 Lariat SD SC in March. I prepared for this last year by installing a Banks Powerpack (which includes their great headers). The Powerpack gave me quite an improvement in performance, above that emanating from the Superchip that I had installed before the new car smell was out of the cab.
The Paxton is certainly the best *looking* kit out there, as it looks like Ford had designed and installed it. The V-10's performance is now something like I feel it should have been, also. While the Triton V-10 is a fine engine, the SuperDuty is so heavy that it EATS torque and horsepower. It needed some help.
Surprisingly, I even got about 4/10 additional highway gas mileage after installing the SC. That was a totally unexpected bonus. :-)
FYI, Paxton was bought at Summit Racing for $3935.39. From the Paxton factory (direct), the price would have been $5100. Installation labor at Anchorage's Jim Moore's did tons of excellent work for ~$900.
Tom
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