Help ID the Mystery Centrifugal Supercharger!

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MN1968Valiant

MN1968Valiant

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I got this blower from the previous owner with the purchase of my car. Apparently it is a Paxton military surplus piece that he picked up, along with a blow-through Stromberg WW and a blower box, with the potential intentions of making a force-fed /6. The trouble is, I don't know any technical specs on this unit. I believe the previous owner told me this thing flows 550cfm, but I can't remember for certain. Anybody ever run across this unit or something like it? If I can find more info on it then I might consider throwing it on the old leaning tower...

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Where is Prine when you need him:) Prine is a turbo supercharger guy with lots of knowledge. You may want to pm him with this thread and see if he knows what it is. I sure don't:)
 
Do you know anyone that does heating and A/c work? They should have a CFM meter, to check air flows at the ducts, it won't be real accurate but you'll be able to say if it's around 550 or ???...
 
GTGrinly said:
Do you know anyone that does heating and A/c work? They should have a CFM meter, to check air flows at the ducts, it won't be real accurate but you'll be able to say if it's around 550 or ???...
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Funny you ask that, my best buddy's dad owns his own HVAC small business. I'll check with him and see if he's got one. Good suggestion!
 
Here I am. If a turbocharger, or supercharger and a mopar are in question on THIS forum, I will eventually see it...I lurk and read quite a bit.

If you want my honest opinion....I would call that some sort of Fluid Pump.

If it were a supercharger, or blower,...the blades would be more similar to:
http://www.raptorsc.com.au/images/sc_1.jpg

the inlet blades look to dull to move air....water pump of some sort is my guess.....EDIT: yeah the blades are backwards...its not a Blower....its a pump.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_pump
 
Prine said:
Here I am. If a turbocharger, or supercharger and a mopar are in question on THIS forum, I will eventually see it...I lurk and read quite a bit.

If you want my honest opinion....I would call that some sort of Fluid Pump.

If it were a supercharger, or blower,...the blades would be more similar to:
http://www.raptorsc.com.au/images/sc_1.jpg

the inlet blades look to dull to move air....water pump of some sort is my guess.....EDIT: yeah the blades are backwards...its not a Blower....its a pump.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_pump
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That is what I was thinking.. I looked at it earlier and it just connected "Hey! Those blades are backwards!"
 
I'm a little confused, then--by two things. One, the serpentine pulley. I can't think of any other application of this thing that would require a serpentine system. Secondly, even if it is a centrifugal pump, shouldn't the theory of it be the same as that of a centrifugal supercharger? Blade orientation aside, whatever moves through the thing is going to go in through the [larger] axial hole and hit the impeller then divert through the [smaller] downstream hole and flow some amount of increased pressure. The opposite wouldn't make sense.
I'm not trying to hold onto some hope that it is a special old supercharger or anything, but regardless of its origins shouldn't its design have inherent pressurizing capabilities?
 
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