Who Wants A Whipple Supercharger!!!

[632C2]

What kind of snags G(if you know)? I'm curious what goes into the whipple install beyond phsyically removing and replacing the blower. I'd imagine
there are a number of items that may need some rearranging or finagling when you put the larger blower on...

I received my Whipple from HP Performance on Friday, 11/24 and installed it the next day. I am starting with the 3.25" pulley that is good for appx. 21psi of boost.

The R&R was very straight forward - really about as easy as you can get. The only issue I had was a mismatch between the Accufab throttle body and the Whipple. I am quite anal when it comes to this kind of thing. I have ported dozens & dozens of heads and intake manifolds so this mismatch was easily rectified with my grinder, burrs, and sanding rolls.

I was unable to get the car running that weekend because the belt that was supplied was too short. This gave me a chance to install DynoJet's new analog pressure sensor to my DynoJet. This will allow me to record boost and see a plot of it on the same graph as my HP, Torque, and A/F. This ought to be very enlightening.

The correct length belt arrived on Saturday, 12/2 and I immediately got the car running. Whipple recommends a 75/25 water to anti-freeze mix when boost pressures go above 20psi for the engine coolant and above 15psi for supercharger intercooler coolant. Getting to the radiators was quite a chore. This actually ended up taking the better part of yesterday to complete.

I am currently working with Tony @ HP on the tuning. I installed the Diablo MAFia and am using the SCT Pro Racer Tuning package.

So far, so good.

Steve

 

[lthlvpr]

Are you sure you want to start with 21 psi. That's quite a bit of pressure on the stock internals.

I think 19psi would be better for reliability and longevity.

I swapped to 50/50 water/anti, but it only took me about 15 minutes. Just used a syphon for each holding tank and sucked out fluid, then added enough for the right level.
-w

 

[632C2]

Are you sure you want to start with 21 psi. That's quite a bit of pressure on the stock internals.

I think 19psi would be better for reliability and longevity.

I swapped to 50/50 water/anti, but it only took me about 15 minutes. Just used a syphon for each holding tank and sucked out fluid, then added enough for the right level.
-w

From the Whipple installation manual, "Whipple does not recommend exceeding 23 psi of boost on stock engines." I am going to start with the 21 psi pulley and then, later on, going to the 23 psi pulley.

As far as the antifreeze, I too started out with the siphon hose but could only get a little over 1 gallon out of each system - which was way short of what I needed to remove. You evidently had a better siphon system than I did.

Steve

 

[lthlvpr]

I would syphon, then run the engine for a little bit until the reservoir filled up and continue to syphon..I ended up with about 6-7 gallons of distilled water added in total.