Need SC Snout


Kelly-X1

Kelly-X1

Ex GTX1 Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
May 24, 2009
97
Tampa, FL USA
I had a bearing failure on my Supercharger snout at the Shelby Bash, melted my pulley and other stuff, :frown I'll never get rid of the smell. Anyway, Kendall has my car in LA and wants me to see if anyone has either a Kenny Bell replacement snout or an OEM SC snout they will sell, I prefer polished, since the SC is polished.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Kelly
 
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Kelly posted the pictures I sent him... good thing we can't post odors (yet). This is one of the foulest smelling failures I've run across. YUCK!

It looks like Kelly's car experienced a bearing failure right up at the front of the snout. The failure and subsequent friction caused a huge amount of heat. The heat caused the rubber isolator dougnut to literally melt into the SC oil which resulted in a thick, smelly, syrupy, black goo. Mother nature's own skunk scent has very little over what this unique concoction smells like.

More seriously, I will consult with a machine shop as well as our own Shadowman about the viability of repairing the bearing in this snout. The heat/destruction half-pushed the bearing out of its seat and the thrust washer was just hoppin' around behind the pulley.

I conveyed to Kelly that one of the safest repairs would be to install a new snout - either OEM or Kenne Bell if we found one available. We are just exploring options at this point. The car is a GTX1 - otherwise a Whipple may be a stong contender at this point.
 
Sounds like its time for a Whipple......

Richard Hille
The GT School
 
Might be an option, I'm not familiar with the requirements and mods to fit it under the X1 shell. I'll work on that education.
 
We have a polished Kenny Bell snout I can sell you Kelly. Give me a call tomorrow and we will get you taken care of....
 
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Kelly-X1 said:
I had a bearing failure on my Supercharger snout at the Shelby Bash, melted my pulley and other stuff, :frown I'll never get rid of the smell. Anyway, Kendall has my car in LA and wants me to see if anyone has either a Kenny Bell replacement snout or an OEM SC snout they will sell, I prefer polished, since the SC is polished.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Kelly
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Hi Kelly

It as I suspected when Kendall called me ......... I am sorry for this however for all reading this rest assured that this was "not" a typical or expected failure but rather likely as the result of the process used when the polishing and the smaller pulley was installed.

I have no OEM snouts however I do have OEM superchargers

Takes care

Shadowman
 
shelbyelite said:
We have a polished Kenny Bell snout I can sell you Kelly. Give me a call tomorrow and we will get you taken care of....
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Big thanks to Shelby for getting me taken care of at a fair price.

Cheers,
 
Kelly-X1 said:
Big thanks to Shelby for getting me taken care of at a fair price.

Cheers,
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:thumbsup Does the Kenny Bell snout look much different than the OEM?
 
Triheart7 said:
:thumbsup Does the Kenny Bell snout look much different than the OEM?
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It does look different.

Kelly, you are welcome. I try to help anyone when ever I can (as many will confirm), but especially when the buyer is a repeat customer. Thank you for your continued business! :thumbsup
 
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