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Old 05-07-2012, 10:41 PM
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I have an old school 2.3 whipple blower that runs through a AtoA intercooler. I had a pulley that was supposed to make 6 pounds on a 6.0 but only made 2. I then Put a smaller pulley that was supposed to make 12-14psi on a 6.0
But it only makes 7pounds. Is there something wrong with the blower or am I just crazy to think a 5 pound loss in pressure seems to be alot. Also all these numbers of what the pulley is suppose to make came straight from whipple.
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Did you mention the cam, head work, headers and such?
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How many cubes are you trying to force feed?
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Cam shaft is the one in my sig. Head work was done but combustion chamber was left unchanged as well as intake and exhaust valve size. Stock 6.0L LQ9. Blower has a 90mm tb. Stock 78mm intake.
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What are the details on the A2A setup? And where are you measuring the boost PSI?
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That actually doesnt sound that out of line, between the A2A, cam, no cats, headers etc.

On my old setup i lost almost 2psi going from factory manifolds and cats to LT's and no cats.
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The AtoA setup goes to the intercooler mounted i'n front of my radiator. My line for my boost gauge is mounted just before my
Intake on my intake tube. 3in tubing from the blower to intercooler to intake
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There is not really an accurate chart for any engine vs pulley to equal boost. Everything you see is an estimate. Every improvement before where the boost is read will increase boost, and every improvement after where the boost is read will lower boost. Is it dropping more at higher RPM's? Is there an underdrive crank pulley installed? I would try to read the boost before the intercooler to see if it is being lost there.
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Originally Posted by Gadgetized
There is not really an accurate chart for any engine vs pulley to equal boost. Everything you see is an estimate. Every improvement before where the boost is read will increase boost, and every improvement after where the boost is read will lower boost. Is it dropping more at higher RPM's? Is there an underdrive crank pulley installed? I would try to read the boost before the intercooler to see if it is being lost there.
Boost is consistent from 4000rpm and up. I ll move my sensor before the intercooler and I ll see what it says
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