Re: McCulloch VS57 on a 359 Straight Eight

Posted by Matt snape On 2011/5/2 18:57:25

Thank you Rusty - that explains the reasoning very well. On my own special that I am just starting I will be using a Rootes type blower as that is what I have experience in and also what I have 'in stock'. One of the other benefits of the Rootes over the Paxton style is, as I understand it, that the Rootes blower spins at much lower speeds, ideally only 1 to 1.5 times engine speed. Is it correct that the Paxtons spin much faster and that this, in the past, has perhaps caused some reliabilty issues or are these issues more likely to be service related?

Sorry for the hijack...