Buying guide for industrial blowers

Understanding the Essentials of Industrial Blowers: A Comprehensive Buying Guide

If you're exploring the market for an industrial blower, understanding key specifications and factors is crucial for making an informed decision. Read this updated guide to ensure you get the blower that fits your needs effectively.

Overview: The Basics

Let's be pragmatic. Is there such a thing as a universally "bad" blower? Absolutely not. However, the suitability of a blower is highly context-dependent. Just like having any car is better than having no car, virtually any blower will outperform a scenario with no blower. The critical task is to identify which blower will serve your specific needs best. In this nuanced view, some blowers might indeed be poor choices for your particular situation.

Why This Guide Was Created

Two primary reasons:

Expanding Knowledge and Sales

We aim to educate potential buyers by providing a numbers-based guide, hoping this will spotlight our offerings as superior options for the 3v market. Designed with a later market entry, our blowers have been engineered to exceed existing performance standards while usually costing less.

Addressing Misguided Research

It’s alarming how often we encounter buyers who say, "I did my research," yet opted for inadequate choices. Where are they researching? The truth is, there is scant definitive data available to base solid research on. Relying on magazines, people's opinions, or skewed dyno data can often lead potential buyers astray.

Recognizing Reliable Information

Magazines and online articles rarely offer hard data and are often disguised advertisements. People's experiences are similarly unreliable due to the general low understanding of performance metrics like Intake Air Temperature (IAT), belt tensioners, and blower capacity among average drivers.

Key Factors to Consider

Here are some essential specifications and their implications:

Price

Prices listed reflect the base kit costs, starting at 450-500 rear-wheel horsepower (rwhp). Remember, reaching the blower's maximum potential often incurs additional costs for supplementary parts and modifications.

Size/Displacement

Measured in liters (L), displacement indicates the air volume a blower moves per rotation. However, an otherwise sizable blower might underperform if its inlet is restrictive.

Screw Type

• Roots Improved: Efficient and durable, often capable of a 100,000-mile lifespan, commonly used by OEMs.
• TVS: More advanced, offering reduced temperature and power loss per boost psi. Also OEM-preferred.
• Twin Screw: The most efficient but requires frequent service due to tighter internal clearances.

Intercooler Maximum Water Flow Capacity

This arguably critical factor determines the maintenance of IATs. A high-capacity intercooler ensures the blower remains efficient under various conditions.

Maximum Power

Note that HP levels listed are real-world values on 93-octane pump gas unless otherwise specified. These represent what the head unit can achieve with all other supporting mods.

Growth Potential

A blower's ability to grow with future horsepower needs depends on factors like the inlet and intercooler’s upgrade potential and the availability of aftermarket parts.

Real-World Performance Numbers

Quarter-mile and dyno numbers often mislead because they do not reflect real-world conditions where temperature and other variables impact performance. Read first-hand accounts from industry insiders in History of the Blower Roots Blower Company, Connersville ...

Examining Common Blower Kits

Detailed below are various blower kits, covering aspects such as price, displacement, intercooler capacity, and specific pros and cons. This range includes the Ford Racing Whipple 2.3L, Kenne Bell 2.8L and 3.2L, among others, each evaluated based on hands-on experience and technical specifications.

Roush R2300 Phase 2

The Roush R2300 integrates a robust 2.3L TVS screw from Eaton, capable of achieving 645 rwhp. While its internal components, such as the intercooler, may require significant support for high power applications, its build quality and fitment make it a reliable choice.

Trust and Transparency in Sales

Always be wary of the seller’s motives. While earning profits is natural, quality, longevity, and transparency should not be sacrificed.

Conclusion

This guide aims not to persuade you to take our word as gospel but to provoke a more educated decision-making process. Given the significant cost and variable quality in the market, minimizing your purchase as a game of chance is in your best interest.

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The Kits Covered

Below are some kits covered in this guide:

• Department Of Boost GT450 GenI - (discontinued)
• Department Of Boost GT450 GenII
• Department Of Boost 3v R-Spec
• Edelbrock EForce
• Kenne Bell 2.6L Stage 1
• Kenne Bell 2.6L Stage 2
• Kenne Bell 2.8L and 2.8LC
• Kenne Bell 3.2L LC
• Magnuson MP1900 - (discontinued)
• Roush M90 - (discontinued)
• Roush R2300 Phase 2 - (discontinued)
• Saleen Series VI -(discontinued)
• Whipple/Ford Racing 2.3L - (discontinued)