The supercharger on the Ford Thunderbird SC is made by Eaton Corporation.
It is a roots type supercharger, and is
designed to work with a manifold type installation. The Pontiac Grand Prix
GTP (all GM supercharged 3.8 engines)
uses the same type of blower from Eaton. This is not a simple bolt on
installation. I believe Kenne Bell sells a screw-type
supercharger for the Dodge V8 applications. The screw type is similar in
packaging to a roots and is a more design
intensive install than the centrifugal type superchargers (i.e. Vortech,
Paxton, etc).
On the noise issue, Eaton jumped through a lot of hoops to design the
charger for Ford and GM. Neither corporation
believed they could sell a screamin' charger to all those soccer moms (who
won't buy a minivan!). Eaton has done the most
development on roots type supercharges in the last ten years of any company.
-Gary Pinkley
>> A Vortech doesn't just whistle, it screams and can be heard for blocks
away.
>
>Ok then I don't want one. So who makes a quiet SC. You don't hear the SC
on a
>TBird super coup or a Buick GS supercharged and Turbos aren't very noisy
either.
>So I need to find a quiet one. Any suggestions anybody?
>Jim in Waco.
>
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