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440: Best roots style blower

RonnieK

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Who are the best (and your favorite) places/people making roots blowers for a 440? Doesn’t seem to be very many at all.
 
The Blower Shop has some nice blowers!
10-71 Blower - The Blower Shop High Helix 120 degree Billet rotors
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INDY Blower Manifold for 440 MoPar STD PORTS 6-71 to 14-71 Street/Competition
 
X2 on The Blower Shop. A friend has a BDS on an early Hemi, after 10 yrs they didn't want to do any customer service or updates. TBS was very helpful and offered rotors in 90* and 120* twist.
 
I'm running a BDS 8-71 with a TBS 4" spacer. Dealt with both companies with no problems or hassles so far. Both were very helpful with advice on motor build.
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We’re using an old GM blower going to look like this one when done. But mines more of a vintage type build

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With a street car just about anything will work. My small block has a prehistoric 6V 71 Dyers unit. The lower clearance is pretty loose. It's mounted on a modified single 4 barrel intake. It'll still run 11.0x@122, 3880lbs thru the mufflers. The motor is very mild. 344", home ported factory iron heads, .550 solid cam, 8-1 compression.
Doug

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A roots is my dream one day... Have never had one.. but i will... oh yes... i will :)
 
Mert Littlefield Blowers
Don', Hampton Blowers
BDS
The Blower Shop, when Al Hoffman was alive
(IIRC) at the time they were the only people still
(Now a few do, INDY is one)
making a blower manifold, with a pop-off valve for a RB/B engines
'not the burst plates'
(if you ever run it in the cold you will wish you had one)
But all the above have or had great blowers/roots style
may different rotor angles & sizes etc.

most all of the org. founders are no longer with us
either family or another ownership completely etc. now

I used to use a shitload of Mert Littlefield blowers (top-notch)
they were in SoCal too, so my shipping
or my ability to go down & pick stuff up was way easier, & cheaper
over the years, 6:71-8:71 to 10:71-14:71,
from 10% undriven to 50% overdriven in either 8mm or 3"
they ain't cheap, don't even attempt to bargain shop there
mostly for racing, Methanol (or Nitro) 'lots of boost',
not much streetcar wise, take a lot of power to spin them
hard anodized cases & timed/hardened gears, Hi-helix rotors &/or Teflon strips,
better billet materials
but it was/still is the quality stuff

good Luck
 
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I can never live in the now.. i squirrel my money away and go as cheap as possible.. i think growing up broke sticks with you through life :) Am considering throwing down my CC for a 408 or maybe a 400>500 stroker though.. i don't need more than 500hp for stoplight fun :)
Yep I know what you mean. My GTX has the 350hp 440, I’d love to at least put a little more cam in it, get at least 375hp. But it does burnouts the way it is, and it’s loud, that’s all I really need.

A blower would be nice too, I’ll just drool over y’all’s, if y’all don’t mind. :lol:
 
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