Blown06

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Someone give me a bit of an education. What are the pro's and con's of a front inlet and/or rear inlet? What are the pros/cons of a front drive vs. jack shaft drive?

12secSS

iTrader: (30)

On a jack shaft you can over drive the shaft pulley to make more boost.

BigKID

iTrader: (5)

All the debates I have read are mostly about air flow to the blower/compressor inlet. Rear inlet is supposedly the worst due to the bends in the inlet track/j-tube. Front inlet/front drive is better due to less bends but has the shaft imposing a restriction. Front inlet/Jack Shaft has least restrictive inlet. The jack shaft can be over driven as stated previously, which is an advantage, but some feel there are additional drive losses thru the shaft.

Blown06

iTrader: (32)

So it would be safe to say that front inlet/jackshaft drive is the best of all combinations...

Atomic

iTrader: (42)

As long as the jackshaft doesnt explode.

terravast4

iTrader: (25)

Yep. I have heard horror stories of jackshafts breaking

YukonJack

Not sure about front inlet, but with the rear inlet, a couple of the supercharger screws under the intake plenum going to the back are a major B to get to.

milkey57

iTrader: (6)

Do a CF jackshaft, the Gto guys seem to have good results with them on the tvs2300

YukonJack

I almost went with a 2.9L Whipple for a Camaro, a front feed, but went with the 2.3L complete kit for my truck. Cheaper and complete with no custom stuff needed. 2nd guessing myself now. Could have went bigger and pulleyed down if needed.

_zebra

iTrader: (5)

my vote's for the front inlet due to less restriction & the better pulley options.
i'd also recommend doing a manifold spacer to help your intercooler & IATs out, and if yours is for cathedral-port heads (has triangle ports instead of rectangles), i'd recommend porting those out to match the heads.

i wouldn't necessarily say 'more' boost, but you can make the same boost using bigger pulleys so as to reduce the belt width required to prevent slipping.

i thought it was the carbon fiber ones that had problems... my metal one's been just fine for 8yrs.