what blower to replace my v9 with??
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what blower to replace my v9 with?? guys,im running a vortech v9 on a 408 ls1... it was on the car when i bought it...the car makes about 600 hp...i was talking to the guys at vortech today to see if i could do anything else with it to get more power... and they tell me im at the upward limit of it...ive got an all forged pretty nice motor...id like to stick with a blower instead of a turbo because ive allready got my exhaust done...slp headers etc...hate to throw that all away too....does anyone make a blower kit that will fit under the hood that i can get more than 5 lbs of boost out of.......vortech told me the v9 supports 575 hp and can make 25lbs of boost...i think i just have too much motor for it.....im only getting 6lbs out of it but its spinning about 65000 at my 6k rpm shift point.....any advice on trying to spray it with the v9????or whats my best blower option.....wanting to make more power...thanks
guys,im running a vortech v9 on a 408 ls1... it was on the car when i bought it...the car makes about 600 hp...i was talking to the guys at vortech today to see if i could do anything else with it to get more power... and they tell me im at the upward limit of it...ive got an all forged pretty nice motor...id like to stick with a blower instead of a turbo because ive allready got my exhaust done...slp headers etc...hate to throw that all away too....does anyone make a blower kit that will fit under the hood that i can get more than 5 lbs of boost out of.......vortech told me the v9 supports 575 hp and can make 25lbs of boost...i think i just have too much motor for it.....im only getting 6lbs out of it but its spinning about 65000 at my 6k rpm shift point.....any advice on trying to spray it with the v9????or whats my best blower option.....wanting to make more power...thanks
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guys,im running a vortech v9 on a 408 ls1... it was on the car when i bought it...the car makes about 600 hp...i was talking to the guys at vortech today to see if i could do anything else with it to get more power... and they tell me im at the upward limit of it...ive got an all forged pretty nice motor...id like to stick with a blower instead of a turbo because ive allready got my exhaust done...slp headers etc...hate to throw that all away too....does anyone make a blower kit that will fit under the hood that i can get more than 5 lbs of boost out of.......vortech told me the v9 supports 575 hp and can make 25lbs of boost...i think i just have too much motor for it.....im only getting 6lbs out of it but its spinning about 65000 at my 6k rpm shift point.....any advice on trying to spray it with the v9????or whats my best blower option.....wanting to make more power...thanks
I'm sure the most likely option is the V7 YSi. It's the biggest "small" blower that they do. Next stage up is massive.
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