Need SC Snout

[Kelly-X1]

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

 

[Kelly-X1]

Forgot the mandatory pics.

 

[nota4re]

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.

 

[TallCarGuy]

Sounds like its time for a Whipple......

Richard Hille
The GT School

 

[Kelly-X1]

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.

 

[shelbyelite]

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....

 

[Shadowman]

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

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

 

[Kelly-X1]

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....

Big thanks to Shelby for getting me taken care of at a fair price.

Cheers,

 

[Triheart7]

Big thanks to Shelby for getting me taken care of at a fair price.

Cheers,

:thumbsup Does the Kenny Bell snout look much different than the OEM?

 

[shelbyelite]

:thumbsup Does the Kenny Bell snout look much different than the OEM?

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