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What the professionals say about Whipple superchargersWhereas everyone loves to quote peak horsepower and torque numbers, the true measurement of an engine’s output is how much power it produces across its operating range The overall power curve was awesome with the Whipple…Acceleration went from invigorating to instantaneous. Whipple should add goggles to its kit Because the engine worked easily, towing acceleration and fuel economy were vastly improved Unlike centrifugal superchargers, which make boost proportional to rpm, the twin screw design develops all of its boost just above idle – around 2000 rpm – and keeps it all the way to redline. The sensation is rather like a big block; lots of stump pulling torque and long, fat midrange pull A 23 mph top-end gain and wild mid-range acceleration performance-blew us away The finished engine compartment looks like it just rolled off the factory assembly line… like it was born there, but provides power this engine never realized it had The power is very impressive; no turbocharged car that I have driven really has anywhere near the instant throttle response that these supercharged (Porsches) cars have Were we ever knocked out of our socks when Whipple’s Silver Bullet launched itself to a 13.58-second pass at 103.6 mph! I’m just having a blast driving my pick-up truck…It’s made so much difference in the performance of the truck, and it looks like it was put in by the factory The Whipple added so much power, I was truly astonished with the night and day difference it made More comments about Whipple heard around the industryOver at the Club Cobra website forum: Comment about a mechanic working on a Studebaker Lark VIII, with a Whipple charger - perfect sleeper. Response from another knowledgeable enthusiast with a Whipple charged Cobra A remark by highly respected and often quoted mechanic Jim Roal on his website, about Whipple superchargers, saying if you were going to build a kit from scratch, this is the one to use. If you haven't run into his site before you should give it a going over, he's a mechanical engineer and self-described performance car nut - here's the home page Motor Sports Digest had the nice thought that the Whipple supercharger should give rise to an entirely new category of supercharger, being not only a positive displacement pump but also a true screw compressor. Tim Skelton has a nice Lightning site here, and we noticed the comments from Chris Weisberg of Works Power about all the good reasons they went with Whipple twin screw, you can read that here. One of the strong reasons was the reputation and undoubted quality focus of Whipple Industries themselves, and we certainly agree with that. We like the automotiveforums.com website, and we're thinking of starting our own high altitude forum there - drop us a line if you have an opinion - meantime we caught this discussion about which was the best supercharger for a 5.0L, nice piece of tech talk, we were happy to see Whipple be described as the combination of all the advantages, check it out... |
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