WOW!!!

 

WOO HOO I Like it
How cool is that, they made it so you could put a bag of ice right on that puppy between rounds
Love the Upper Design

Good days ahead.....

 

Sweet!

 

Dat's the LAST thing you want to do, brother. That leads to case warpage, and will probably be the souce of KB 2.6's eating themselves.

 

It's a beauty !

 

no one finds it interesting what a wierd design the intake path is. Talk about taking a corner...

 

That's the first thing I thought when I scrolled down to the pictures. I've got to guess the immediate 90-degree turn followed by another immediate 90-degree turn into the blower can't be the best for airflow.

 

Gorgeous unit. Now I need to see some numbers!
Strip only unit????

 

Ya, I don't like the intake either. But I'm thinking custom intake, clearenced firewall, and pro stock hood scoop!!!!!!

 

Not to worry Mop, I never cool mine down that way anyway,
I got me a little sub zero to take care of my inlet temps
(however I will say I've seen MANY pack the Upper and surround the S/C with bags ice at the track)

 

I can pretty much say that the case will be cast and not billet.

 

They already said that it will be billet.

It's looks pretty sweet but I think I'll stick with my 2.3L.

 

I bet it will be cast though... Why do you think all the superchargers that we have for our trucks are cast.........??? Look at the billet midplate on the Whipple. Why do you think they switched to a cast midplate?? Your answer is too much flex with billet.

 

That may very well be...

 

Methinks you paint with too broad of a brush.

"Billet" is a process, not a material. Start with soft alloy, and you will end up with soft part. Start with a hard alloy, and you will end up with something stiffer than any casting can produce.

Like most large aluminum parts, supercharger cases are usually cast because it's much cheaper than the machining required to produce it from solid stock (AKA "billet"). When machining a large part, the material costs are also way higher because you have to buy a lot of metal that ends up as shavings.