Anyone drive one of these?
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That is seriously cool. Does it work?
looks awesome, but how the heck do they cool #3 with that shroud and no front engine tin?
Back in the day, Judson made a supercharger for VW's that sat above the distributor. If you google "judson supercharger for vw" you'll see some of them. Never seen one in the flesh, but heard they were pretty good.
I like that shroud.
Probably a drag car, so cooling may not be that big of an issue.
Looks awesome though!
When I was a kid I had a 58 bug that I installed a Judson supercharger on -easy job. It was lubricated by a glass jar of Marvel Mystery oil that hung on the firewall with a needle valve for drip rate. One morning I opened the valve too much (probably hung over) and laid down a huge smoke screen! It was very quick stoplight to stoplight-after that nothing left. I had to prop open the lid with a block of wood to clear the carb.
I got it for free but I think the price was $300. Today they go for $1500 but they are impossible to find.
Joel
What do you mean by nothing left?
Well, because the stock VW gearing was pretty much all done at about 80mph when the engine was cranking well over 4,000 rpm, the whole front of the car began to lift at about 70 mph making the steering squirrelly, the drum brakes would fade at your one and only panic stop (and you couldn't stop quickly after that) and it was making a whole lot of noise.
So the Judson would get you up to 70+ real fast - a real "between the stoplights" king, but it couldn't go much faster, anyway.