Blower Advice

[Wonky]

Wonky, what was the combo? (Engine size, charger model and boost ratio)?

Thats a pretty impressive improvement...

LS3 in E1 Senator, HTV1900 and 10 lb boost (actual 9.6). I'm not sure how much each factor affected it eg thermal plates, new fuel pump and different tuner but I'm very happy!

[Wonky]

Thanks for the info

Who manufactures or sells the Thermal Spacer Plates ?

Are they sealed with O-Rings on both sides ? (Hard to see on the photo I found using )

Is any machining required to the intake (supercharger) manifold, to compensate for the 10mm or so raised height ? or the angle of the fasteners ?

Harrop also sell them and the fitted price I was quoted for the Harrop spacers was less than the FI Interchillers purchase price, though I do believe the Harrop spacers are not quite as thick. As for what else is required - not sure.

[Tre-Cool]

I'd move the blower over to the new car, leave the cam/springs in the VE, since it's more money to pull out for no good reason.

Put the blower on vf, get both tuned. sell ve.

We just sold my dad's ve recently, that was an auto ss with cam,mp2300 blower,tank upgrade, full exhaust etc for 23k. I wanted to strip and sell the parts off, but they old man didnt care and just wanted it gone sooner.

Can pick up good deals at the moment as a buyer coz the VE's are in abundance.

[sportwagon]

Thanks for all the ideas guys had a chat to the boys @ harrop here in Perth and they said if i was going to keep the same blower and switch it over to the vf then i should get the blower serviced as its 7 years old but it must be sent over east from Perth to be done as they say it cant be done here total cost about $2500, also which do you guys think are the better looking wagon ve or vf i want the vf for the interior and the ls3 but i think my ve looks better am i alone or do others agree.

[whitels1ss]

Thanks for all the ideas guys had a chat to the boys @ harrop here in Perth and they said if i was going to keep the same blower and switch it over to the vf
then i should get the blower serviced as its 7 years old but it must be sent over east from Perth to be done as they say it cant be done here total cost about $2500,
also which do you guys think are the better looking wagon ve or vf i want the vf for the interior and the ls3
but i think my ve looks better am i alone or do others agree.

It's only what YOU like that is important.

You know all the costings so you can do all the sums,
work out a realistic price what you would get for yours,
add it all up & work out if you think it's worth spending $XYZ to change it all over to the other car or not?

[Wonky]

.............total cost about $2500...........

Even allowing for transport costs that's a lot of money for a service!!

[Micks]

Thanks for all the ideas guys had a chat to the boys @ harrop here in Perth and they said if i was going to keep the same blower and switch it over to the vf then i should get the blower serviced as its 7 years old but it must be sent over east from Perth to be done as they say it cant be done here total cost about $2500, also which do you guys think are the better looking wagon ve or vf i want the vf for the interior and the ls3 but i think my ve looks better am i alone or do others agree.

Owned both & the VF2 wins for me.

[feistl]

Even allowing for transport costs that's a lot of money for a service!!

Yeah, although that may be the "max price" depending what needs doing. If the rotors are showing wear and need to be recoated the price adds up pretty quickly.

If its just a matter of some new bearings, seals etc it should be significantly cheaper. Its also not that hard to do yourself, however there are a bunch of tricks to it so contact me if you need more info .

[BanPC]

Thermal reduction plates reduce heat transfer caused by the supercharger sitting directly on the cylinder heads and spacing the charger up off the valley of the engine. The supercharger being in direct contact with the cylinder heads and sitting directly over the valley of the engine reduces thermal efficiency and heat is always the enemy in positive displacement superchargers. With the Thermal reduction plates the blower will operate significantly cooler and make it perform as if were in cooler weather consistently. The air entering the combustion chamber will average lower temps and be denser, allowing a HP gain and in tuning more ignition timing thus again more HP.

Wow are you on the HSV forums as user Gen-F GTS? that's like word for word what is written over there....

[Wonky]

Gen-F GTS is Kurt from Interchillers I'm pretty sure. Mick would have just copied that as Kurt is an expert on that stuff.

[Micks]

Gen-F GTS is Kurt from Interchillers I'm pretty sure. Mick would have just copied that as Kurt is an expert on that stuff.

[white lie]

Kirk, not Kurt

[Wonky]

Kirk, not Kurt

[Tre-Cool]

Thanks for all the ideas guys had a chat to the boys @ harrop here in Perth and they said if i was going to keep the same blower and switch it over to the vf then i should get the blower serviced as its 7 years old but it must be sent over east from Perth to be done as they say it cant be done here total cost about $2500, also which do you guys think are the better looking wagon ve or vf i want the vf for the interior and the ls3 but i think my ve looks better am i alone or do others agree.

If it were were me, I wouldn't even both. If it's not leaked out any oil, then it's not worth touching. Or sell it to someone on gumtree & buy a new one.

I've got htv2300 that's about that old I'm betting mine has seen a lot more km's and harder life.

[ls2 cruiser]

If these spacer plates are used, how much less are the intake temps and are they available for cathedral heads? If you do your own tuning then you should have some idea of intake temp change.