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Looks like a fuel injection system to me. That throttle body is way too short to be a carb and it appears to have fuel lines running to the intake manifold under the blower. Very interesting roots system; I would love to have more details on it!
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St. Jude Donor '05
Looks like an old B&M 144. Think Weiand/Holley bought them out not sure they are even being made anymore. Good power boost for the money and were popular as theywould fit under many a hood. Used to stick them on stock shortblocks and beat them to death; they didnt make much boost. Scream they made in passing gear on the hwy was fun.
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2021 C4 of the Year - Modified Finalist
This was all over Facebook Yesterday.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...ived-road-test
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...ived-road-test
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Melting Slicks
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From: Lakeville MI
Funny. I still remember seeing and hearing the car from the article running around Ann Arbor back in 1988. It sounded pretty good with the borlas.
There was a kid from SAE that had a job at Car and Driver, so it wasn't uncommon to see magazine test cars on/around the Michigan campus.
We (SAE) had a field trip to CD and got to talk cars with Csaba and the rest of the staff for awhile. I got the feeling they weren't too fond of vettes or really anything domestic at the time.
There was a kid from SAE that had a job at Car and Driver, so it wasn't uncommon to see magazine test cars on/around the Michigan campus.
We (SAE) had a field trip to CD and got to talk cars with Csaba and the rest of the staff for awhile. I got the feeling they weren't too fond of vettes or really anything domestic at the time.
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From: NW Arkansas - usually winter in FL
Lived in Ann Arbor long ago - seems their office used to be on Hogback Road - in A2 - might still be there. And yeah, they used to have some wild street machines on occasion. The Tech Editor was a skinny guy - I'll think of his name in the middle of the night - who was an accomplished racing car driver – he even did a stint at the Indy 500 in a turbo Buick. He crashed but even so, that group was a pretty excellent bunch of folks. He (they?) was known to do some "aggressive" street driving too - LOL! Not Larry Webster, the other guy, who has been there like forever.
Back to the thread – my apologies for the hijack. Has anyone done a modern Eaton blower on a C-4 - like something off an LS? Pardon my dumbness but I'm still a newbie when it comes to Corvettes and no, I did not do a search.
Jake
EDIT - Patrick Bedard was his name- - the Tech Editor.
Back to the thread – my apologies for the hijack. Has anyone done a modern Eaton blower on a C-4 - like something off an LS? Pardon my dumbness but I'm still a newbie when it comes to Corvettes and no, I did not do a search.
Jake
EDIT - Patrick Bedard was his name- - the Tech Editor.
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1st Gear
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1985 vette b&m supercharger
B&m fuel injection using a MAF sensor, and in thia case with a whipple 142 or 144 supercharger. 1980 technology but it works just fine. There is an ECM, superjection, a throttle with injectors and everything.
I own the car in the picture. I bought it a year ago in detroit, and today is oberseas in são Paulo, Brasil where i love
Not perfect, worse then the stock tpi in terms of fuctionalies, but it was an option back in the days to use a supercher old school looks with EFI. The previoand one owner had it installed the kit in 88.
I own the car in the picture. I bought it a year ago in detroit, and today is oberseas in são Paulo, Brasil where i love
Not perfect, worse then the stock tpi in terms of fuctionalies, but it was an option back in the days to use a supercher old school looks with EFI. The previoand one owner had it installed the kit in 88.
