blower motor builders?

[Essex29]

So, what are all of the builders doing these day's now that Whipple is back ordered 4-6 months? :(

[Jbb]

The ones out here.....are going to twin turbo setups

[Essex29]

What are the specs on turbo motors? carb? compression?

[Jbb]

What are the specs on turbo motors? carb? compression?
Not sure what they will end up with ...but in the near future you will see some pretty big names offering them

[Tom Brown]

To hell with Whipple. Everyone up here switched to Merc outboards years ago.
.... even in our cars.

[Jbb]

To hell with Whipple. Everyone up here switched to Merc outboards years ago.
.... even in our cars.
Lets load that statement into the trusty Canatard 2000 translator.....
Tom said...........Blower motors rule ! :D

[Froggystyle]

We switched from Whipple to twin turbos. I know a lot of people are considering it as well.
The turbos are certainly not any cheaper by a long shot, but they make better power, more power lower and torque up the yin yang.
I think the outdrive guys will have real problems getting a drive to stick around though.

[cdog]

We switched from Whipple to twin turbos. I know a lot of people are considering it as well.
The turbos are certainly not any cheaper by a long shot, but they make better power, more power lower and torque up the yin yang.
I think the outdrive guys will have real problems getting a drive to stick around though.
How can I get more info about your turbo set up I saw a while back? For me it's turbos or a procharger. I like the turbo idea better but have not seen a system with a blow thru EFI. I've enjoyed your boat and engine build up so far. You are really challenging the industry to innovate. Good job.

[Boozer]

We switched from Whipple to twin turbos. I know a lot of people are considering it as well.
The turbos are certainly not any cheaper by a long shot, but they make better power, more power lower and torque up the yin yang.
I think the outdrive guys will have real problems getting a drive to stick around though.
You forgot to mention that they are also more efficient due to the fact that they are not robbing power from the motor to make more power.
I'm not familiar with what kinda specs you'd want to run in a boat considering that you don't want to sacrifice any low to mid end power in order to achieve more top end power like you would do in a car. However, I'd think 9:1 compression and about 18 psi should give you some wicked power especially if the turbos you used are ball bearring.
Out of curiosity what kind of intercooler do you guys running turbos in your boat use? I'd assume water/air since you have a constant source of fresh cool water available to you but I never trust my assumptions.

[Havasu47]

So, what are all of the builders doing these day's now that Whipple is back ordered 4-6 months? :(
Roots Blowers are still an option...

[Jrocket]

The ones out here.....are going to twin turbo setups
:D

[Jrocket]

I think the outdrive guys will have real problems getting a drive to stick around though.
Yes we will.

[Riverkid]

You forgot to mention that they are also more efficient due to the fact that they are not robbing power from the motor to make more power.
I'm not familiar with what kinda specs you'd want to run in a boat considering that you don't want to sacrifice any low to mid end power in order to achieve more top end power like you would do in a car. However, I'd think 9:1 compression and about 18 psi should give you some wicked power especially if the turbos you used are ball bearring.
Out of curiosity what kind of intercooler do you guys running turbos in your boat use? I'd assume water/air since you have a constant source of fresh cool water available to you but I never trust my assumptions.
Most every turbo setup uses a water/air intercooler for exactly the reason you mentioned. Most have a separate (large ID) water pickup routed directly to the intercooler and then straight back overboard. H20ski2fast has a very sporty Gentry setup in his pop's 27' Advantage with a Bravo on it, and they seem to do really well with it for a big boat running that much torque...
I've only had turbo experience in a V-drive so I can't say much about drive longevity...