just noticed my vortech is leaking

jtcstrat said:
Im sure he has done a few different blowers.. He knows his shit.
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Thanks!
Ive Done it many Times, twice on my Blower, but that was only because I have a different belt drive (just alt and water pump) and had to make and space certain things out of the way untill I got the Belt To stay in there, in the meantime It wiped out the Seal when the belt walked off! Thank god for lifetime Warranty belts :lau:
 
Birdie2000 said:
It seems I've recently seen a tutorial on one of the Mustang sites about how to rebuild the blower yourself. I don't remember if it said where to get the parts or how much they were, but I wonder if it would total out to the same price as the shipping?

The only thing is, how do you prove it was only 400 miles? To be honest I didn't even realize there was a warranty on their products.
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Is this it?

http://forums.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=780865&highlight=rebuild+s-trim
 
wow, so no call from them over the past 2 weeks... I just called them and they informed me that its being shipped back today and was given a complete minor rebuild (all new seals and bearings) again after 3 months of street driving. AT NO COST TO ME! I cant wait to get it back on and have a healthy blower again!

Vortech FTMFW

ill keep ya posted.
 
Would it be worth it to somehow check/monitor the oil pressure at the feed, or are you certain that the failure was a manufacturing/assembly issue?
 
x99percent said:
Would it be worth it to somehow check/monitor the oil pressure at the feed, or are you certain that the failure was a manufacturing/assembly issue?
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Since you Reclocked your Blower for The intercooler, you may have to change the location of the oil Feed. I put mine up Top And it made all the blower Wine/Noise Go away.
 
Birdie2000 said:
Great news, sounds like they took good care of you.
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very satisfied, well... if it is really fixed and whenever spring decides to come ill figure that out.

x99percent said:
Would it be worth it to somehow check/monitor the oil pressure at the feed, or are you certain that the failure was a manufacturing/assembly issue?
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nope, 100% assembly error. theres no reason why my S-trim wouldnt cause this issue than all of a sudden when i get it back from the Si-trim upgrade it happened. vortech must have seen something that wasnt right or maybe they used a different line of seals when they assembled my blower and they have been causing them problems or something..? in any event they found it necessary to replace all bearings and seals at no cost to me and without notifying me of anything, not even receiving the unit like they said they would. if i hadn't called today I guess i would have noticed the UPS slip on my door saying i have a package that needs a signature.

STOCK GT said:
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Since you Reclocked your Blower for The intercooler, you may have to change the location of the oil Feed. I put mine up Top And it made all the blower Wine/Noise Go away.
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nope, i reclocked the volute not the gearcase so nothing has changed in that respect from before.
 
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So I just got it back, looks great. Seems a bit tougher to turn by hand but im sure thats a non-issue.

the thing i need help on is this: anybody know where to measure a pulley from to determine its diameter? I bought the pulley from trunk thinking it was a 3.33" (stock) but the paperwork from vortech now shows 3.47"! I can get roughly both numbers to work whether or not im measuring from the valleys of the grooves or the peaks.

Im completely shocked now since i always thought that my blower was spinning faster. If it is a 3.47" pulley im only spinning it 40,982.42 RPM! I thought I was spinning it at 42705.41 RPM.

let me know where to measure, although im sure vortech is correct. Im for sure going to throw my 8" crank pulley on it and spin this thing at 47723.34 RPM this spring!!! If I swap to the 8" crank, anyone have any idea what the boost increase will be?
 
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anyone have any idea what the 8" crank and 3.47" blower pulley combo will make on an intercooled HCI 302 will make?
 
OK, looks like the 12 rib procharger pulley will work just fine in place of my vortech 8 rib. IM going to be using the 8 rib belt with it. The only thing worth noting is that the 8 rib vortech pulley will sit in the #2 through #9 ribs on the procharger pulley. I dont think it will be an issue unless the belt tries to jump ribs, any thoughts?

The accessory drive on the procharger is just slightly larger than the vortech pulley as well, by about 3/16" (diameter)

here are a few pictures, one is a drawing of the pulley diameters. you can see that the procharger pulley is NOT 8", its 7.625" so its not such a huge jump from the 6.87" vortech.

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I HAVE A 94 F150 4x4 WITH A VORTECH ON IT 8PSI OF BOOST.BEN ON THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS I DRIVE IT ALL WINTER LONG NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. I HAVE A VORTECH YSI ON MY CHEVELLE 15PSI OF BOOST AND IT SPITS A LITTLE OIL.THINKING OF PUTTING A VAC PUMP ON IT...BRIAN
 
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