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Nov 2, 2012 | 11:24 AM

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Wrong blower in my Goat

I installed the wrong rotation blower on my GTO. So right now, I am looking at viable options to get this fixed. I have a CCW rotation unit that was intended for a vette. I've exhausted my options as far as having vortech make simple swaps as they want me to buy a new blower. I have access to a CW impeller. My question is: if I buy the correct impeller blade and use the same volute, would that correct my issue? Right now, the car isn't building any boost and I think it is attributed to the incorrect rotation. I am under the impression that the volute is only needed for the orientation of the engine and not the facilitation of getting air out of the blower correctly. Some who has a good physics background or knowledge in blowers chime in and please help me out with that.

Nov 2, 2012 | 11:41 AM

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IMO the discharge would need to be going the other direction too. If not, then the impeller would be trying to push the compressed air into/toward the smaller section of the compressor housing instead of out of the discharge horn.

Nov 2, 2012 | 11:49 AM

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Sell the one u have and buy the right one.

Nov 2, 2012 | 12:59 PM

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Sell the one u have and buy the right one.

^^agree^^
yeah i think in the long run you'll be better off just getting the right one to begin with.

Nov 2, 2012 | 01:10 PM

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Blah, never say never...

I had a F1R with standard rotation from my truck and an empty bay on a f-body... spent 300usd on some aluminium and cnc time and boila!

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Nov 2, 2012 | 02:30 PM

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option a. sell it, buy the correct one

option b. get a welder. buy a good amount of pipe and get to work on making the charge system thatll work

Nov 2, 2012 | 05:32 PM

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Blah, never say never...

I had a F1R with standard rotation from my truck and an empty bay on a f-body... spent 300usd on some aluminium and cnc time and boila!

I wish I could share that enthusiasm. Does anyone know where I can buy a CW pointing volute?

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Nov 3, 2012 | 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by LC

Blah, never say never...

I had a F1R with standard rotation from my truck and an empty bay on a f-body... spent 300usd on some aluminium and cnc time and boila!

AND CNC TIME....lol dick! wish it was that easy for all of us....looks damn good though man! i like seeing something that dont work made to work right!

Nov 3, 2012 | 01:15 AM

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sounds like a bunch of hassle. then if something goes wrong, you cant even sell it. sorry this happened to you, but take a small loss on what you paid , get some money back, and do it right.

Nov 3, 2012 | 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by LC

Blah, never say never...

I had a F1R with standard rotation from my truck and an empty bay on a f-body... spent 300usd on some aluminium and cnc time and boila!

You have any other pictures of this install?

Nov 3, 2012 | 11:26 AM

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You have any other pictures of this install?

Not really, Just saw this thread and thought it was the perfect opportunity to ***** that particular picture hah..

I can take more, what would you like to see?

Nov 3, 2012 | 11:35 AM

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Not really, Just saw this thread and thought it was the perfect opportunity to ***** that particular picture hah..

I can take more, what would you like to see?

I'd like to see how you routed the discharge off the supercharger.
A few various angles would be cool also of the install.

Yours is the 1st I've seen of a non reverse install on a 4th Gen.
Very interesting. I like seeing things like this when people think outside the box.