Jimmy 6-71 blower on a gas engine??

[Ross Corrigan]

thanks! It's always easier to put an idea to rest if you know a valid
reason it won't work ahead of time;^)


At 10:33 PM 4/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>At 06:57 PM 4/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>A fella I"m working w/ has built many different hotrods w/ conventional
>>parts and strong basics.  He's got access to at least one or more 6-71 (he
>>thinks they're 6-71) diesel blower's off Jimmy diesel (crane powerplant's
>>etc) setups.  He'd love to hear any ideers/feedback on whether anyone has
>>ever converted one to run on a gas engine (particularly Chevy sb/bb but any
>>gas setups are of interest) or even thought/looked at doing it.  I"m not
>>familiar w/ blowers at all but when he says he could get used working ones
>>for $100 my ears perked up;^)  
>
>Hi Ross,
>I had a friend look into this back in California... he got 5 blowers for
>$300.00... figured he'd make a good one out of all of em.
>Wound up junking them... The clearances are WAY too loose to build pressure
>in a gas engine... and they were within spec for the Diesels.
>Found out that machine work to convert one would be almost $1000!
>Wound up junking the lot for $50.00
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