In a message dated 9/21/99 3:44:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
gary.shook@wcom.com writes:
<< The Kenne Bell is a completely different animal.. it's a positive
displacement blower (whipple type) which WILL shut down the motor if it's
not turning for some reason... but the boost comes RIGHT NOW!.. I think the
overall boost is more limited, but they make more power off idle, where the
vortechs and powerdynes are centrifugal, and don't start boosting until at
least 2500 rpm...
so when you say best, the correct answer is "best for what?" >>
Are you sure that the vacuum from the motor wouldn't turn the twin screws
inside the KB blower? I've had to run my SS/T w/o a belt on the blower, and
the vacuum could spin the impeller. I doubt it did it much good airflow wise,
but it worked. :-)
I'm still not convinced of the KB's performance .... I wish that SP360
Durango would have raced me ! I remember back in the Mustang days all the
guys with the whipples would be last in the SC race (1/4 mile) with lots of
detonation problems. Heat maybe?
I really don't have that much of a lag time before my truck starts to make
power, even with the radical cam and dual exhaust setup I run. I did install
4.10 gears (soon to be 4.30) and a 2400 stall converter to help this slug get
moving from a dead stop, though.
It works. Schooled a 6 spd Vette the other day. :-) In a full size truck. :-)
I can't get enough..... hah
ttyl
Patrick
http://surf.to/rdperformance
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