What did this come off of? Old Paxton Blower

I picked up this Paxton blower today. Spins nice and is in great shape.
I have searched for a couple hours and I cant identify this exact unit.

Any idea of the application?
How old is it?

Whats it worth?

Thanks, I bet in 5 min I will have the answers. You guys are great.

 

It's an air dryer. Driven by electric motor. Not for automotive use.

 

Well no wonder I could not find it on a car. What could I use this for? Its just too cool.

Thanks and it was less than 5 min.

 

hmmm, does it have metal rotor? I bet that crank drive could be rigged up and on a four banger it might be fun for a while, probably a short while but fun none the less.

 

Exactly what I've been wondering. Yes it has a metal rotor. Its super high quality. I cant find anything on the model number RM-87-C. I want to know its max rpm and what it puts out. Hmmmm.

 

hummm send it my way i will try it on my banger and tell you if it works wink wink

 

yeah max rpm would be key info, what are the bearings like? if its got bushings it will probably fail fairly fast.

build a minibike drag racer LOL!

 

Its got real good bearings. Spins nice.

 

I found this right above your HAMB post on Google. looks like some kind of agg equipment.

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I got the same thing when I gooooooooogled it, just under this thread.

 

Don't feel bad. A year or two ago I posted some photos of a really old Paxton blower I came across. Turns out it was for moving air (breathable) in a submarine.
Still looks cool on my shelf.

 

There ya go, some cool garage art that everyone will ask you about.

 

I remember as a kid in the Hudson Valley of New York, almost every Ford dealer had paxton setups (used) on the parts shelf. Seems New York State bought the blown '57 Ford Police Interceptors for the State Police to chase speeders on the newly built Thruway. First time the servicing dealers had any issues with the cars, they yanked off the blowers and went to the spreadbore Holley four barrel option. Could have bought them right back then, no one wanted them.

 

Paxtons also came on Studebaker Avantis(?).But they looked differant then this one.
JimV

 

Yeah- Paxton made a lot of industrial equipment. Some models are actually similar or nearly identical to the automotive pieces and at one time it was possible to send them to Paxton for conversion/upgrading. Paxton has changed hands several times, and I couldn't say as to whether they would still do it....and I'd guess that the cost would be too high, especially once you figured out the drive and bracketry. But it would be very entertaining to backyard-engineer it.

 

Tell everyone that asks that it came off of an experimantal Briggs and Stratton engine from the 50's. It does look cool.

 

"pressures up to 10.5kPa at a flow rate of 0.23m3/s",

What do these pressure and flow relate to in psi and cfm???

And your'e a hot rodder, you know it can go twice as fast and put out double what the engineers designed it for.

 

That would make one hell of a cool fan for your garage. I agree with it being shelf art too. But I'd still put it on some sort of stand for a personal fan in the garage.

 

Its not listed in "the complete guide to centrifugal supercharger impeller speed" and I can't tell you much about it.

 

10.5kPa is equal to 1.5psi...which means you're not gonna gain squat...but if it turns 1500rpm to get 1.5psi, then spin the fucker at 4000rpm and get about 5psi out of it...hahaha...