Just got my supercharger in the mail with some light damage. Nothing to bad but I did have some questions. Firstly there is a port directly beneath the in/out for the heat exchanger that looks broken! What does this port do? See pictures below. Also in the picture one of the Heat exchanger tubes got bent during shipping! Should I be worried?

 

Don't know what the bottom port is because I'm not familiar with this. The bent tube could be rounded again with a swaging tool and heat.

 

I've never heard of swaging? What's that?

 

a swag tool is a tool used to make that opening round again. It starts at almost a point and graduates in thickness, kind of carrot shaped. you push it in to the desired thickness and gently tap the tool with a hammer and it will slowly push that bend open and keep it round

 

oh ok thanks. The vendor was a great guy and sent me a new port! Now I just need to figure out what all the ports do and how they relate to the l83.

 

Interested in this as well.

Definitely post yo a build thread so I can follow along.

 

On my Whipple there are connections for water in and out, inlet ¡pressure for bypass control, discharge pressure and temperature and crankcase vent return.

 

Thanks I think I finally figured out all the ports!