> > Hi, I have spent too many hours flying cross country lately, but on my
> > latest trip I cam across an add from a company in England that makes
>rootes
> > type blowers in three sizes to fit 1.5 to 4.7 liter engines. I then
> > thought about the possibility of fitting one of these to a 1500 Spitfire.
> > I know this was an aftermarket accessory in the 60's, and have an article
> > about a blown Herald. I have also seen a blown Bugeye and a MGTD.
>Anybody
> > ever seen, thought about or owned a blown Spit? I would be interested to
> > hear from anybody who would know if the 1500 could take it. Thanks,
> > oliverc@cc.tacom.army.mil
> A blown TR-6 would also be interesting. I wonder how much horsepower
> and torque you could reliably get. A modern fuel injection would make
> a great companion but I haven't seen one.
Now see about a year ago I posted a message inquiring as to whether or not
anyone had ever blown a TR-6 (huh, huh... blown.) and got somewhat toasted
afterwards. Anyway my quiries (is that spelled proper?) kind of hit a
wall when I decided that my engine was much too tired to take anysort of
increase in stress but seeing as how it's getting rebuildt, hopefully,
this summer I'll have the chance to have things hardened or just twisted
down really tight or whatever while it's apart so the idea is coming up
again. I've been contemplating figuring out how to adapt a Mercedes-Benz
turbo as I think I could get away with using the stock exhaust manifold so
that would leave only the intake to be dealt with. Maybe plumb it in
blowing into a three SU's if that guy ever figures out how to mount three
on a TR6 engine.
-Thomas
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