Help with Vortech Verification

[ihiryu]

I found a Vortech V-1 T-Trim on craigslist, it's not local, but I don't mind traveling. Anyway, it came off of an 89-93 5.0 and I'm not sure if it's CCW or not. I plan to use the fish, and I'm not sure if it'll work for me though.

I found a few pics of the SC on the mustang, and the head unit is facing the motor, and the pulley is facing the bumper.

Would I be able to use this SC and flip it around?

 

[ihiryu]

I don't like bumping my own thread, but I'm really interested in this.

Help another future FI UZ out!

 

[H7ERO]

Sounds to me like its the wrong way as in the fish bracket set up it would be the other way round.

 

[ihiryu]

What way does our motors rotate? Clockwise right??

That's why I don't understand why a few post from Lex himself said that we need a CCW unit

 

[ihiryu]

http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com/prod_imgs/img-86-0-xlarge.jpg

Here's a generic picture of it. So dont think we can turn this one around right?

 

[Thermactor]

It won't work. It's a clockwise blower. I went through this actually - I had to sell the blower and bought a real ccw blower.

 

[ihiryu]

Okay so I do need a CCW then?

That's so weird, our motors don't rotate CCW do they??

 

[1uzvl]

no, but the actual blower sits foward of the drive belt instaed of behind like most setups.

 

[ihiryu]

It won't work. It's a clockwise blower. I went through this actually - I had to sell the blower and bought a real ccw blower.

Okay I think I understand what you are saying. So you bought one that was a CCW unit (like the mustang I was showing). Mounted it, then realized it wouldn't work, so you had to buy an actual CCW blower right?

Thanks for the help

 

[Thermactor]

Okay I think I understand what you are saying. So you bought one that was a CCW unit (like the mustang I was showing). Mounted it, then realized it wouldn't work, so you had to buy an actual CCW blower right?

Thanks for the help

I never got as far as mounting it. I ordered a blower before doing enough reading, and then realized that I got the wrong one. I sold it, bought a CCW blower, sold that, put my supercharger project on hold for three years, then I finally bought another CCW blower and rigged it to work with the fish bracket.

There was a later-gen 1UZ-FE clockwise centrifugal supercharger setup that I've seen - Rod Millen maybe? That had a special bracket that put the blower right about where the power steering pump goes. Good luck finding any parts or information about that setup though.