Thread: edelbrock blowers any good?

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Of all the brands out there I'd wondered about the edelbrocks performance and durability. Anyone using em?

Hey Sooper,
Don't know much from personal experience, BUT if they are like the quality of every other part they make it should be great. I Use an Edelbrock dual quad intake on my T along with two of their 500 CFM carbs and they are great. i can't imagine any of their products to be any different.

Don Jr.

Speaking of blowers, I have long been of the opinion that I should own one of the Latham axial-flow superchargers.

I have to admit that I have never seen one, but I've always been fascinated by the concept. To me they just seemed to be more civilized than the big Rootes-type huffers.

Also, they looked to me like a machinist's nightmare.

I'm not looking to buy one, but does anybody know whether any of them are still around?

I think I'll go upstairs and dig through the big pile of crap I call "my Files". Maybe I can find a picture of one.


Jim

Originally Posted by Big Tracks

Speaking of blowers, I have long been of the opinion that I should own one of the Latham axial-flow superchargers.

I have to admit that I have never seen one, but I've always been fascinated by the concept. To me they just seemed to be more civilized than the big Rootes-type huffers.

Also, they looked to me like a machinist's nightmare.

I'm not looking to buy one, but does anybody know whether any of them are still around?

I think I'll go upstairs and dig through the big pile of crap I call "my Files". Maybe I can find a picture of one.


Jim

They're getting pretty rare, but I saw one at the LA Roadster Show swap meet in June. I wasn't really interested, so I didn't inquire about the price.

Given Vic Edelbrock's penchant for offering quality products, I would seriously consider an Edelbrock supercharger if I was going to build another blower motor.

It seems like I read someplace that the Edelbrock blower uses the tried and true Eaton rotors. I think that is common to most of the small superchargers like the Magnacharger and the OEM blowers like GM uses.

Tom

Edelbrock blower

We do the in car dyno tuning for the guy who now has NICKEY ( backward K) chev. remember the 60's and the 427 camaros?? Corey just did a tune on A edelbrock on a 427 in a new Camaro and it put down over 600 hp to the rear wheels---only major thing I see that could use some improvement is that with the air to liquid intercooler , the intake temp gets hot pretty quick on the chassis dyno but seems better on the road moving.
Can't(shouldn't) tell too many stories about this but the Wegner built 427 did well over 700 fwhp on the dyno---

Good looking paqckage also--they got rid of that stupid engine cover, have some nice valve covers, etc