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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Blown35, Aug 8, 2013.

  1. Blown35
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    I have a S.C.o.T Blower installed on my 284 C.i. 59A Flathead. With the stock dual crank pulley the boost at 3000 RPM is only .5 lbs and I need to get to 7lbs - so I need to calculate an overdrive pulley dimension.

    Is there a chart that will show me what diameter blower pulley I need if I know the drive pulley diameter?:confused:
     
  2. mechanic58
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    That ain't much boost...do you know for 100% certain that the blower is good? Half a pound at 3k with ANY pulley arrangement just doesn't sound good to me.

    Edit: if the clearances in the blower aren't just right - it won't make much boost at any speed.
     
  3. Phil1934
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    Thr SCoT blower for the flathead is 4500 cc (274 CI) so 1:1 should put you there. Something else is problem.
     
  4. solidaxle
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    Get Joe Abbin's book "Blown Flathead"
     

  5. Rusty O'Toole
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    If the displacement of the blower is 274 cu in and the engine is 284 cu in they are about equal. No wonder there is little or no pressure.

    To get 7 pounds pressure you will have to increase the output of the blower 50%. Taking atmospheric pressure as 14 PSI you are after 1 1/2 times that.

    This suggests you need to overdrive the blower 50%. In other words the drive pulley needs to be 50% larger in diameter than the driven pulley.

    These are just rough, back of the envelope calculations. I know nothing about your engine or the SCoT blower. It would be better if someone more experienced chimes in. But it sounds like you need to drive it a lot faster.
     
  6. metalshapes
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    With a 1:1 pulley ratio the blower would pump 548 Cu In , if it would be running at 100% efficiency.
    ( which no blower does, specially not a roots blower )

    Because a 4 stroke engine needs two complete revolutions to complete a cycle.


    You have a baseline to work off, because the boost is known with the pulleys you have.

    Use those as a starting point, and re-calculate from there.

    If those numbers don't make sense, the clearances on the blower are probably off.
     
    Last edited: Aug 9, 2013
  7. hoop98
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    I doubt the displacement is 274, more likely 1/2 that.

    Here is some info, you need to know the CC's and covert to CID.

    Roger Huntington in his 1950 book Souping the Stock Engine had a reasonable estimating equation:

    R = (A x D)/(K x V) where,

    R is the blower drive ratio (crank pulley dia/blower pulley dia)

    A is the desired manifold pressure in atmospheres (14.7 psia = 1 atmosphere)

    D is the engine displacement in cu.in.

    V is the Roots blower displacement in cu.in./revolution

    K is a constant determined by experience. I use 1.8 .

    For example, assume a 276 cu.in. engine, a 142 cu.in./rev blower (e.g. Weiand 142) and 6.6 psi boost,

    A = (14.7+6.6)/14.7 = 1.45

    R = (1.45 x 276)/(1.8 x 142) = 1.56
     
  8. Kiwi 4d
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    Hmmm could be onto something here as we had a SCOT on a tame 239 flat motor and went sort of ok. The beefed the motor up to 276 and it would run worth a darn the blower seemd to get in the way , changed nothing only put twin manifold back on and it runs real strong.
    So looks like we need to check drive ratios.
    I think the SCOT is around 172 cu.in/rev according to joe abbin. So to achieve a decent boost we might be looking at nearly 40% overdrive .
     
  9. hoop98
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    Looks like a good guess;

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