[Mgs] Judson Supercharger

[Paul Root]

I briefly drove a Miata (a '99 I think) of my old boss. That thing was  
fast.
Fortunately, I don't own that car. I'd be dead or in jail. :-)

On Jan 9, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:

> Bill:
>
> No offence taken. The engineering on the Eaton blowers takes much of  
> the
> credit.
>
> A little while ago I got to drive an M65 blown Mazda Miata. It was
> pretty awesome, not really comparable to anything you can do with a
> Judson or Shorrock. There was so much torque, the tires would break
> loose at freeway speeds without downshifting.
>
> K.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com at autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of WSpohn4 at aol.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:39 PM
>> To: mgs at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Judson Supercharger
>>
>> No offence meant - I understand your kit is very well
>> engineered. There is nothing wrong with the Judson vane type
>> in terms of efficiency, but you have vane friction to deal
>> with and all sorts of other things that different design
>> could relieve. I have also worked on Shorrock blowers and
>> would say that they  are a definite step up in design and quality.
>>
>> I don't know if you've been following a thread on the MGB
>> site, but I gave you guys credit for having the ONLY bolt-on
>> power getter that really  works.
>> That is because the flow in the cast iron MGB head absolutely
>> sucks  (no pun
>> intended) and that is where any conventional tuning must
>> start (except  everyone always looks to the flashy stuff like
>> bigger carbs etc.) - EXCEPT for  the brute force method is
>> shoving mixture in by force, that supercharging (or
>> turbo) constitutes. It is probably the biggest increase in
>> power per dollar you can find.
>>
>> Bill
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Paul Root
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'77 MGB
'99 OBS