6-71 Blower
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6-71 Blower
I am highly interested in the 6-71 "old style" root supercharger machined with fuel injectors for LS1. What do yall think about a c5 with a tall blower on it, opinions? The link is posted below:
http://www.theblowershop.com/product...lower-package/
http://www.theblowershop.com/product...lower-package/
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A properly set up 6-71 is a lot of fun to drive on the street. The throttle response is addictive. Not the most efficient way to make power (I think the sweet spot is 600-700HP for a 6-71) but lot's of fun. I bet the people who hate chrome wheels won't like this either.
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A properly set up 6-71 is a lot of fun to drive on the street. The throttle response is addictive. Not the most efficient way to make power (I think the sweet spot is 600-700HP for a 6-71) but lot's of fun. I bet the people who hate chrome wheels won't like this either.
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I bet but I'd love to have something like that on the C5. I've never seen one on one plus I like 700 hp lol, the only thing its getting the throttle body and the mass air flow sensor in the right spots. I do have a 4 in high rise hood which wouldn't look too good with a intake cut out on top. So I'd have to come up with something for that if the blower is too tall.
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True. The thing is though I don't want carbs because too much work to convert everything to it, IMO. And I'm not very savvy with them either. Just kinda wanting a slightly "bolt-on" type blower. I know its not but just something that i don't have to convert much of anything if I have to. I just sent them an email asking some questions about it.
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Cutting the hood or modify my high rise hood, I don't care much for the "stock" look haha and When I mean bolt on, I really mean little to no wiring needs to be done lol
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Ya gotta pay to play. Boost isn't cheap.
I don't see the cog fitting with how close the rack and damper are already. I think you are much better off buying something designed for this chassis. I also think you may find that you will not only be cutting the hood to make this blower fit but also the wiper cowl.
I don't see the cog fitting with how close the rack and damper are already. I think you are much better off buying something designed for this chassis. I also think you may find that you will not only be cutting the hood to make this blower fit but also the wiper cowl.
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I built it for my C5. I run a high perf machine shop but aimed at the tractor pulling market. A crapload of machine work. Manifold started life as a medium height HOLLEY modular. It was shortened nearly an inch. Blower is a 6V-53T DETROIT with non turbo endplates. Had to create front drive from scratch. It will stick out of hood from the horizontal centerline of blower and up.
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This photo is not of the finished product. Everything has been painted cast aluminum except for the top which will be body color. A 71 series blower is a couple inches taller than the 53 series and would be be really high to see around when on the street imo. My budget for the project was $2000 and I'm gonna make it easily.
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I will after install but that'll be when cold weather comes again. Wanna use the car during the summer. Doing one of these blower projects takes a lot of time for what I call the ancillary parts. Fuel system and harmonic balancer and power steering pump pulley and alternator brkt and new idler pulley and tuning and and and. Gotta go. Later