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Roots blowers are popular in motorsports for making more power. They are made up of a simple blower case with two rotors inside. The rotors spin from an engine driven blower drive. This pumps extra air into the engine. With extra air and the appropriate extra fuel, extra power! The blower case design was changed […]
Different designs of inlets and outlets dramatically effect the performance from Roots superchargers. Original designs for non-boosted flow used large inlet and outlet openings. Shrinking those openings for boosted flow improved performance by reducing reversion
Question: We want to race with a Roots blower. There are standard Roots blower bottom openings, and there are smaller ones. Some with a small pie shape towards the front. What is the influence from the size of blower output opening