"Power pipe" for more power???
11-19-2005, 11:52 PM
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"Power pipe" for more power???
I was just curious. I've seen a lot of guys with centrifugal superchargers add a "power pipe" (which I believe is just a larger diameter tube that runs to the intake of the supercharger). It claims to help the blower make more boost/performance without the adding of a smaller pulley. So I thought to myself that, oh well, they only work for the centrifugal superchargers, but I was searching and found that they make power pipes for the ford lightning. So, I was just curious if I can add my own "power pipe" to my sidemount magnacharger supercharger for a little more "kick", just by making the intake tube a little bigger? This may seem like a dumb idea, I guess. But I've never seen or heard anyone doing this to a sidemount magnacharger blower or even a Radix for that matter. Since the intake tube that goes into both blowers are shaped very similar. Any ideas on this, could adding a larger intake tube to my magnacharger be benificial????
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11-20-2005, 05:29 PM
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anything you can do to reduce the restriction into the blower will give you more power. on my old whipple set up i just cut a pile of holes into the front of the stock airbox and i picked up about 1psi.
cool air is also important. i am not sure wich is more important. the least restriction would be no intake pipeing at all but you would be grabing hot under hood air then. if you can reduce the restriction while still graping cool air then more power(boost) is likely.
cool air is also important. i am not sure wich is more important. the least restriction would be no intake pipeing at all but you would be grabing hot under hood air then. if you can reduce the restriction while still graping cool air then more power(boost) is likely.
11-20-2005, 05:50 PM
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I think a blower is a blower in respects to "the less intake air restriction the better. I know in my Mustang days a "power pie" was a must have.
Now the only problem is knowing if the pipe system you have that came with your blower is efficient enough. Don't most Magnacharger system benifit from an aftermarket intake pipe? If so then mod on up and do some testing for us
Now the only problem is knowing if the pipe system you have that came with your blower is efficient enough. Don't most Magnacharger system benifit from an aftermarket intake pipe? If so then mod on up and do some testing for us
11-20-2005, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by F8L Z71
I think a blower is a blower in respects to "the less intake air restriction the better. I know in my Mustang days a "power pie" was a must have.
Now the only problem is knowing if the pipe system you have that came with your blower is efficient enough. Don't most Magnacharger system benifit from an aftermarket intake pipe? If so then mod on up and do some testing for us
Now the only problem is knowing if the pipe system you have that came with your blower is efficient enough. Don't most Magnacharger system benifit from an aftermarket intake pipe? If so then mod on up and do some testing for us
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11-20-2005, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SlowHoe
Look exactly like the Radix intake tube. But, if you were to go with a bigger tube you still have to taper down to fit the throttle body so does it really help? The air would bottle neck at the TB. Maybe it wouldn't matter.
