Thread: Procharger ?

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I'm not saying your incorrect, but centrifugal superchargers need rpm to work, sort of like a belt driven turbo, where as the roots type blower make power instantly off idle. I know I've heard about the valve cover issues, but it may be on the larger units, I hope your right though for 4K for the blower plus 1K for a carb I would expect a true bolt on, not to mention fuel system upgrades.

Depending on your set-up a Procharger motor will make plenty of power off the line. As a matter of fact some have to retard the timing and bleed off boost off the line to keep from blowing the tires off. I sold my roots blower and am going with the F-2 Procharger because there's no way the roots unit I had would make as much power as the centrifugal will.
By the time I get around to firing mine up, everybody will have one.

Originally Posted by Bee's69camaro

I'm not saying your incorrect, but centrifugal superchargers need rpm to work, sort of like a belt driven turbo, where as the roots type blower make power instantly off idle. I know I've heard about the valve cover issues, but it may be on the larger units, I hope your right though for 4K for the blower plus 1K for a carb I would expect a true bolt on, not to mention fuel system upgrades.

True on the revs, but just how much power do you want and how much power can you actually use without just blowing the tires off and make the car almost undriveable on the street??? The rest of the components in the engine also have a lot to do with what RPM level you plan to run at. Even a track only car is going to need to limit the power to a usable level equal to that of what the driveline can withstand and the suspension can hook up....unless your just after a "bragging rights" dyno figure. Having 900 horsepower and using 900 horsepower would require that the rest of the car is up to the task.....

When I went to Atlanta a few months ago to pick up those flathead parts from Paul, they had this little baby in the shop. Is this one of the chargers you guys are talking about?

Don