New E-Force Corvette Blower Kit From EdelbrockBy Brian Lohnes Posted 02/22/10
The guys over at Edelbrock have rolled out another variation to their popular line of E-Force Superchargers. This one is application specific to 2008-2010 Corvettes and it is an awesome way to take an LS3 powered Vette and trick it into acting like a ZR1. The hariest variation of the kit will put down 599 hp at the flywheel. Ooga booga!
We don't know how much blower whine is involved, but so long as it doesn't sound like an alky Funny Car at full bore, this could be the hot ticket into building a sleeper Corvette. Beef the rear, bolt on the slicks, and start eating stuff alive at the digs! These just became available on Feb 19th.
We hear Camaro kits are on the way next!
Here's the full release from Edelbrock below:
Now you can boost the power in your 2008-10 LS3 Corvette to near ZR1 performance! These new E-Force Supercharger Systems are exclusively tailored to boost your performance to 554 flywheel horsepower and 515 ft./lbs. of torque (with stock fuel pump) or 599 flywheel horsepower and 547 ft./lbs. of torque (includes high volume fuel pump). The unique features on these kits are the 12" long intake runners that allow for maximum low end torque and the optional 5 year 100,000 mile supplemental warranty. Plus, this kit fits under the stock hood with no modifications. Not compatible with Z06 or ZR1 models.
The Edelbrock E-Force competition supercharger is based off of our street supercharger kit #1590, but is paired down to the essential components that a racer needs, without the extras that experienced racers prefer to customize for their own competitive advantage. For competition racing use only.
Comments + Post your comment!
Written by Speedzzter.blogspot
Feb 24 2010
All any forced induction air pump on an Otto-stroke-cycle engine really does is increase air density.
Repeated dyno testing has shown that more-dense air still behaves like [i]air.[/i] Thus, resonance tuning of the intake manifold will still affect how much of the now-more-dense air is inducted at any given r.p.m. into the cylinder. For example, a test published by Richard Holdener found that merely changing from a stock "Terminator" Cobra box intake to a 2001 "All Motor" Cobra intake on a centrifugal supercharged 4.6 was worth a whopping 70+ lbs/ft of torque at certain points in the curve.
The E-Force's extra runner length simply helps the engine make use of virtually-free resonance frequency energy to aid in cylinder filling efficiency. It's the same thing the Ramchargers were doing in 1960, only with a Roots blower added in to increase air density. On a boost-limited, high-compression stock block engine, this is a safe way to increase in-cylinder charge density without adding more detonation-triggering extra heat.
Of course significant is in the eye of the beholder. To some, a 1-5% increase in torque at certain points in the curve isn't worth the extra complexity, cost, or other tradeoffs. To others, it's worth its weight in victories and bragging rights.
Written by dieselgeek Feb 24 2010
[quote author=Speedzzter.blogspot link=topic=20149.msg376840#msg376840 date=1267037874]
The E-Force kits are nice, but a little pricey. Hopefully they will encourage blower lovers to rethink the intake manifolding of supercharged engines. Unlike E-Force, most blower installs (including Ford's factory stuff) leave a lot of free torque on the table because of grossly inadequate intake runner length.
[/quote]
Can you give some facts behind your thinking here? I disagree that runner length in a forced induction application can be considered a "significant" factor in torque. This is based on my (admittedly limited) experience.
Written by Brian Lohnes
Feb 24 2010
'cept that ain't a supercharger. :)
Being a two-stroke that blower is just that, an air mover. Without it, the motor wouldn't run.
Brian
Written by 67prostreet
Feb 24 2010
This is something the Detroit diesel has done for years. Minuse the intercooler.
[IMG]http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab170/67prostreet/Detroit20diesel20620V2092202.jpg[/img]
Written by Speedzzter.blogspot
Feb 24 2010
The E-Force kits are nice, but a little pricey. Hopefully they will encourage blower lovers to rethink the intake manifolding of supercharged engines. Unlike E-Force, most blower installs (including Ford's factory stuff) leave a lot of free torque on the table because of grossly inadequate intake runner length.
And the E-Force kits may encourage a little dabbling in VW/Lancia-inspired twincharging . . . .[img]http://www.toycrazy.net/tech/pics/tcmod.gif[/img].
Twincharging would work well with "on-demand" alcohol/E-85 auxillary fueling systems. [img]http://f00.inventorspot.com/images/Bobcat3.jpg[/img]
[url=http://inventorspot.com/articles/ford_codenames_their_new_ethanol_boost_system_18240]http://inventorspot.com/articles/ford_codenames_their_new_ethanol_boost_system_18240[/url]
[url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/02/ricardo-introdu.html]http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/02/ricardo-introdu.html[/url]
[url=http://www.ethanolboost.com/Technology%20and%20applications.htm#_Octane_Boost_Additive]http://www.ethanolboost.com/Technology%20and%20applications.htm#_Octane_Boost_Additive[/url]
Also, it's too bad that the E-Force kits don't feature variable-length runners to further expand "torque efficiency."
Written by BangShift Forum Admin Feb 22 2010
http://www.bangshift.com/blog/New-E-Force-Corvette-Blower-Kit-From-Edelbrock.html
Written by kidashley25 May 14 2010
[url=http://www.thepartsbin.com/brands/edelbrock.html]edelbrock [/url]has the most up to date tools to be able to design their products like the Pro/Engineer software,