January 11, 2021, 06:53 PM
Jason Haley177 blower carb size?
I recently purchased a 177 blower to put on my 6.0 LS engine. According to the math, it's saying that I need somewhere around 1100 CFM of airflow to feed the blower with the RPM (6500-7000) and boost (6-8psi) I plan to run.
That being said, has anyone used a 4500 to 4150 adapter and ran a dominator on one of these blowers? It's drag race only and I plan to run it on methanol, so drivability isn't important.
January 12, 2021, 08:16 AM
Kole PritchettYes. Know more than one doing this.
January 12, 2021, 06:13 PM
Jason HaleyGood to know. What are some of the combinations running these blowers?
January 15, 2021, 06:35 PM
3677ran a 1050cfm on b+m 250 powercharger on meth 477cid bbc you will need alot of fuel volume i suggest a belt drive pump internal regulated i ran blp pump
January 15, 2021, 07:04 PM
imakehpI have one on a 392 Hemi my 1940 Ford. It works much better with a vacuum secondary carb (3310) than with a mechanical secondary carb. The little blower really hits with power quickly which blows the tires off. I guess I could just learn how to ease into the throttle but what fun is that?
January 15, 2021, 07:11 PM
SP310G3677 has a pretty good setup. I’d take his advice. I guess you could say 3677 knows
January 15, 2021, 08:04 PM
Curly1Okay all of the books Carb books and others that tell you how big carb you need are not for race cars. If you have a 5500 or more stall, 4.56 or taller gears it is hard to get too big of a carb.
When I first started really working with race cars (1990???) I had a basic low performance LT-1 355 with 4.88 rear gears 14x32 tires and 5500 stall. I built 3 carbs all the same with rear jet extensions and tuned them in good. The Holley books said it needed like a 435 CFM carb for "Best Performance".
So I set up a 650 double pumper, a 750 and an 850 and went to the track.
I do not remember the exact numbers in the 1/8 but I think the 650 ran about 7.80. Then I put the 750 on there and it ran around 7.50 and the 850 on there and it ran around 7.20. I then put the 650 back on there and it slowed back down. It was significantly faster with a carb way too big and the bigger I went the faster it went.
With a blower you are going to need more air and fuel so I just do not think you can get too big of a carb if you have enough stall and gear. My opinion. You did not mention stall and gear ratio or tire size but if it is a race only car it should have enough.
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January 15, 2021, 08:08 PM
SP310GGood idea would be to sell the carb and go with a toilet or terminator.
January 19, 2021, 08:08 PM
3677I do know and have lots of time invested in these small 250 blowers and did go to a flying toilet on my set up worked very well
January 25, 2021, 07:10 AM
Jason HaleyI ended up purchasing a used 1200cfm twin blade main body and throttle body, so I'm going to put together a twin blade methanol carb and try it.
January 26, 2021, 07:29 PM
Max MooreWe run a 1050 Rupert alky dominator on our 400 SBC with Weiand 177 blower with belt drive pump, fuel log with the return on the log runs pretty fair 4.80s in the nice cool weather 4.90s in the heat very easy on parts. Racecraft 235"
January 26, 2021, 08:54 PM
AlaskaracerYou need to run two of the biggest carbs you can find. Make an adapter.....
