Well,the blower is ported and polished finally.I did the exterior lips and ribs for some sparkle.I also talked to johnny lightning today about the porting.He recomends not to block the bypass and not to block the 4 holes surroundind the main intake.The 4 holes are just for noise reduction.Neither offer any increase in performance,plus you risk the chance of whatever you fill them with to eventually come loose and into your motor.I decided to listen to him.Now its onto the lower plenum and clean the intercooler.I only got 6000 miles on the truck and i have to say the intercooler is pretty loaded up with oil.Ill update again soon.

 

Looks good, any pics of the interior porting.

I hear you on the oil in the intercooler. I pulled my intercooler and cleaned it, there was quite a bit of oil in there, and in the lower intake.

 

THAT LOOKS SWEET AS HELL!!!

 

Here's an inside shot for you don.I didnt go to crazy. Mainly a nice polish.Still got a stock bottom end.I dont know for how long.I hear santa now carrys a full line of bottom end parts.lol.Thanx tz for the comp.

 

I hope my santa has that stuff in stock along with an aftermarket blower.....

 

SWEETTT!!!

Definate Bling Bling.

I am doing a little something to my blower over the winter.

 

curious idea. i noticed a lot of people plugging the efficiency holes with jbweld, it would make me nervous that it 'could' break loose and fall into my motor (oh god) and even though its probably relatively safe (jb weld melting point 400 degrees) but has anyone thought about welding them shut?

 

Cpeap:Welding them shut is the right way of doing it.Me and johnny talked about it but he says there are no power gains there.I tend to believe him unless thats his secret on runnin 10s.lol.lolI think the polish is what works the best,keeping the air charge cool and direct flowing.Port matching is also important.I had to take off a 1/4 inch on just one side of the intake plenum just to match the blower intake port.I guess thats why cnc machine work is so much nicer.

 

About how much HP will you get out of that??

 

Awesome job Shady

 

SVTsinister:Between the upperplenum,supercharger,and lower plenum im gonna say around 30 h.p. Not bad for a free mod.After im all done im gonna trailer it with my f350 to johnny lightning for some dyno and custom tuning.Come spring time im gonna hit the tracks pretty hard.I'm hoping for mid 11s no juice.I got a best of 12.4 so far and that was on a ill preped track before i did some mods[porting,polish,slicks,tracbars,plugs,fuelpump...]

 

I wouldn't mind welding. But I have to say, at first I didn't think JB Weld would be good enough. Then I used that stuff, I couldn't believe how strong it was. Just use alot on the bottom and I can't see it being a problem.



It's just small piece in the overall picture for HP gains.

 

Very nice...

 

Very Cool, Iam going to pull the blower this winter too.....and just maybe replace it.
You are correct that welding IS the way to go....the JB Weld might work in some applications, but the many heat cycles that the blower goes thru, gives me reason for concern. The expansion properties of the JB and the blower can't be the same and that will break the bond between them. The results can't be good

 

Good thought fast gator on the expansion rates.I'll have to agree on that.