PHOTO REQUEST! Potvin blower setups and the engines that love em

Title says it all boys and girls...some really killer cars have housed crank driven blower set ups..Lets see em, tell me about them...MORE IMPORTANTLY, anyone have photos of the gear drive, or coupling set up for the motor? Just curious to learn something new....I found these photos here, Not sure you took or posted them sorry.

 

Here's what I got..

 

Thanks guys! anyone with an exploded view??? I want to see how the mounted it to the crank...I know the late model guys are running centrifugal set ups like this again..I wonder how similar the drive unis would be

this is from Mooneyes...

http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/product.php?products_id=2155

 

Go into Search and type in "Monster in the making" for more pictures..

 

Yes, Riceman just posted today...

Also, check this link to Moon Equip., they are offering Potvin setups:

http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/product.php?products_id=2155

 

I was just looking at Ricemans post, and I posted that link to Moon..haha awesome stuff.

 

Search is your friend. There are about 20 threads on Potvin style blowers.

Here is one: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=463034&highlight=potvin+blowers

 

I did a search, guess I didnt dig deep enough....or see what I was looking for. Thanks for that thread link...

 

This is the 265 that was in the So-Cal coupe correct?

 

Way to go Mutt!!

 

Ive been thinking about this all day.....I think I need to find a mock up blower....too bad I have other priorities to focus on...

 

Hey Chris there's a couple pics of a chain drive front mounted blower here. Paul Stevens Little Puffer.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?token=109238652409:1275077973

 

My attempt at a setup similar to potvin.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=601019&showall=1

 

thanks for the thread.. iv seen this before but did not know what it really was other than some kind of supercharger. now i have a place to start... you guys rock.
i can say i have never seen a blower, or one of the potvin style blowers on the street or in the parking lot yet other than car shows.
chris.

 

Tough to do on a street car. As you can see they take up a lot of room. You'd have to be sitting in the back seat like the Orange Crate. Since they are direct drive off the crank, they aren't really de-tunable for a street car.

 

That basically answered EVERYTHING Scott!!! haha thanks guys.... Really appreciate the info.

 

Yes, Tom Cobb ran it in the old Pierson Bros. coupe (not the SoCal Sp, I think that Jim Travis, the guy who restored the "Challenger," ran the SoCal car before restoration).....Cobb painted the old Pierson car red and yellow, and, if memory serves me, turned over 190 with this engine at Bonneville.....I think it was found in a garage recently...

 

The Potvin Front Mounted Blower was NOT a Centrifugal Blower, it was a GMC Rootes style blower that was directly driven from the crank.

 

This one is pure art

 

That is an excellent picture, does anyone have a better(higher) resolution version?

 

Didnt know this got brought back up in November...I know the OLD set up was a roots, but the outlaw 10.5 guys etc are running crank driven centrifugal now, my comment stated I wonder how similar the drives are... thanks for the exploded view...I also bought a diesel fresh 6-71 last fall...Once the shop is set up, I will be mocking it up....

 

Damn, I love that injector set-up. Looks like one bank of a V8 system.