Yeret
The Village Drunk
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2014
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- Ram Year
- 1999
- Engine
- 5.9 Magnum
At heart, I'm really a naturally-aspirated guy, but as a car guy that's always intrigued by different approaches to making power, I've always held a fascination with forced induction. My personal favorite being the old-school, Roots-style supercharger. Y'know, the belt-driven air tank looking thing that sticks out of the hood and makes really cool whirring sounds from idle all the way to wide open throttle.
Anyway, as much as I have looked around, it seems that such a blower doesn't seem readily available for small block Mopar V8s. Not only am I interested in an old school blown setup, but I am also interested in running such a setup with the OEM multi-port fuel injection.
Tuning shouldn't be a problem as I'm sure Ryan could scribble something up to run dandy and I know that the pistons will want to be swapped with something with a nice, deep dish to shave the static compression ratio. And intake and cam, blah blah blah. What I want to know is can a Roots-style blower be mated to a Magnum engine without going though too much trouble? I do know that LA heads won't work with a Magnum block due to valvetrain oiling issues, but Magnum heads can be made with bolt patterns for either style intake manifold.
Roots blower. Magnum engine. Fuel injection. Can it be done without costing a small fortune?
Anyway, as much as I have looked around, it seems that such a blower doesn't seem readily available for small block Mopar V8s. Not only am I interested in an old school blown setup, but I am also interested in running such a setup with the OEM multi-port fuel injection.
Tuning shouldn't be a problem as I'm sure Ryan could scribble something up to run dandy and I know that the pistons will want to be swapped with something with a nice, deep dish to shave the static compression ratio. And intake and cam, blah blah blah. What I want to know is can a Roots-style blower be mated to a Magnum engine without going though too much trouble? I do know that LA heads won't work with a Magnum block due to valvetrain oiling issues, but Magnum heads can be made with bolt patterns for either style intake manifold.
Roots blower. Magnum engine. Fuel injection. Can it be done without costing a small fortune?
