5.9 magnum with M122 blower/intercooler
Hey guys.
Been working on this for a while now, still a long way to go but it's starting to take shape.
Thought I'd share some pics I took recently.
(Edited for more info below)
The Blower and intercooler are both from an 07-12 Ford GT500 5.4L, these blowers are capable of supporting about 600hp on E85.
The intake manifold is a factory kegger which I modified myself to allow room for the intercooler. I cut the top off the manifold manually with a hand saw I made for performing a horizontal cut.
I will try to get pics of the inside of the manifold.. a LOT of material was gutted using air tools. The runners are almost non-existent now unfortunately.
The Crank pulley is a Vortech "universal" (does not fit mopar) 10-rib unit, it measures 7.8" diameter.
This is the largest possible pulley I could use while still clearing the magnum water pump pulley.
I had to fill the existing holes and redrill to suit the mopar dampener bolt pattern.
The supercharger snout is from a pontiac Grand prix GTP M90 as the GT500 snout was too short. It has 8 bolts instead of 7 and will need to be welded and redrilled.
The blower pulley is an Edelbrock piece that is made for their 10-rib E-force superchargers and measures 2.625" diameter. These are by far the most affordable 10-rib blower pulleys I could find. (I also have them in 2.75", 3.0" and 3.25" so I can turn the boost up/down)
The blower pulley is mounted on a 4-bolt hub that I made by machining down a factory steel press fit pulley in a lathe then drilled/tapped.
The spring loaded tensioner and idler are both from a Cummins ISX 12L diesel. Perhaps excessive. (you can't do too much to eliminate belt slip with a serpentine)
The tensioner is mounted on a 6 bolt bracket that can be rotated to adjust the position of the arm in small increments. (Just like adjusting a cam gear for more advance/retard)
This should be useful for adjusting preload, blower pulley diameter changes or to compensate for any belt stretch.
All the aluminium blower and accessory plates were machined using a makita wood router and single flute carbide bits, either freehand or using timber jigs.
I will be running a tank of water in the boot to feed the intercooler. to save on cost I will be using a mechanical belt-driven water pump from a jag AJ6 engine mounted as an accessory instead of an electric pump.
This should hopefully outperform most electric pumps at a fraction of the price anyway.
The engine itself is currently stock as a rock.
I'm tempted to gap the rings, upgrade the valve springs, install some MLS head gaskets and see how it responds.
Hey guys.
Been working on this for a while now, still a long way to go but it's starting to take shape.
Thought I'd share some pics I took recently.
(Edited for more info below)
The Blower and intercooler are both from an 07-12 Ford GT500 5.4L, these blowers are capable of supporting about 600hp on E85.
The intake manifold is a factory kegger which I modified myself to allow room for the intercooler. I cut the top off the manifold manually with a hand saw I made for performing a horizontal cut.
I will try to get pics of the inside of the manifold.. a LOT of material was gutted using air tools. The runners are almost non-existent now unfortunately.
The Crank pulley is a Vortech "universal" (does not fit mopar) 10-rib unit, it measures 7.8" diameter.
This is the largest possible pulley I could use while still clearing the magnum water pump pulley.
I had to fill the existing holes and redrill to suit the mopar dampener bolt pattern.
The supercharger snout is from a pontiac Grand prix GTP M90 as the GT500 snout was too short. It has 8 bolts instead of 7 and will need to be welded and redrilled.
The blower pulley is an Edelbrock piece that is made for their 10-rib E-force superchargers and measures 2.625" diameter. These are by far the most affordable 10-rib blower pulleys I could find. (I also have them in 2.75", 3.0" and 3.25" so I can turn the boost up/down)
The blower pulley is mounted on a 4-bolt hub that I made by machining down a factory steel press fit pulley in a lathe then drilled/tapped.
The spring loaded tensioner and idler are both from a Cummins ISX 12L diesel. Perhaps excessive. (you can't do too much to eliminate belt slip with a serpentine)
The tensioner is mounted on a 6 bolt bracket that can be rotated to adjust the position of the arm in small increments. (Just like adjusting a cam gear for more advance/retard)
This should be useful for adjusting preload, blower pulley diameter changes or to compensate for any belt stretch.
All the aluminium blower and accessory plates were machined using a makita wood router and single flute carbide bits, either freehand or using timber jigs.
I will be running a tank of water in the boot to feed the intercooler. to save on cost I will be using a mechanical belt-driven water pump from a jag AJ6 engine mounted as an accessory instead of an electric pump.
This should hopefully outperform most electric pumps at a fraction of the price anyway.
The engine itself is currently stock as a rock.
I'm tempted to gap the rings, upgrade the valve springs, install some MLS head gaskets and see how it responds.