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Gen V blower on L67 intercooler question.

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I have a SSEILMNOP phenolic intercooler and his ported LIM for my L67, would I benefit buy upgrading to a gen V blower with a northstar TB? Would the gains be worth the cost or are the smaller openings to restrictive to notice. Thanks for your help.
 


Really, that's great..... As instructed by sseilmnop I didn't use a gasket and only RTV between, how hard you think it will be to separate the blower from the IC?
 
It all depends on your budget.

A Gen V is more efficient than a fully ported Gen III. There's roughly a .2" pulley difference between the two blowers. A 3.0 on a Gen V is equivalent to 2.8 on Gen III.

You wont really notice the difference in power between a Gen V and a Gen III until you get around a 3.0" pulley or lower. It also all depends on what you plan on doing to your car. If you're doing a large build, cam, IC, exhaust, etc.. then sure, a Gen V & N* would be a great addition. But if your just doing an IC and bolt on's, then you wont notice much of a difference between the blowers.

And you can fit a Gen V ontop of a Gen III intercooler core. The opening on the Gen V core is just slightly bigger.
 
Use a putty knife to split the phenolic from the LIM and the phenolic from the supercharger.

Start near the driver side (thermostat) and get it separated there.
 


Gen V is a decent upgrade anywhere around the 3.4 pulley level or lower, dyno graphs have proven that you might not gain a ton of power, but your mid range tq will improve greatly, which is where the good feel and drivability is at.
 
I'm currently running a 2.9 pulley XP hot cam 140# springs, I guess I'd go with a 3.1 pulley with the gen v and n*. Also have autolite 103's green giant 42.5 injectors 3" catless exhaust custom tuned by 3800Chris in my Fiero GT. I ran 12.1 @ 110mph with 1.6 60 foot 3 times in a row on street tires, I want the 11's and I hope the gen v will do it....
 
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EmoEvoBoi'sBishette said:
Gen V is a decent upgrade anywhere around the 3.4 pulley level or lower, dyno graphs have proven that you might not gain a ton of power, but your mid range tq will improve greatly, which is where the good feel and drivability is at.
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After my 4 years in the scene, I've only been told roughly around 3.0" is where the "bigger" gains will be noticed with a Gen V swap. I've never done a dyno to test that. But I have personal experience, I did have a basic 3.5 setup with headers and swapped to a Gen V and kept the 3.5 on. Didn't notice a big power increase, but the better "whine" it made, gave me an orgasm in my ears.
 
I'll dig around, someone went from a 3.4 gen 3, to a 3.4 gen v and and intercooler, and gained only about 30-40 hp but gained over 100 tq, and a lot of tq under the curve. which is what gives you power everywhere, but I agree, the gains are larger the smaller pulley you have. Also its almost worth it just for that whine! haha
 


EmoEvoBoi'sBishette said:
I'll dig around, someone went from a 3.4 gen 3, to a 3.4 gen v and and intercooler, and gained only about 30-40 hp but gained over 100 tq, and a lot of tq under the curve. which is what gives you power everywhere, but I agree, the gains are larger the smaller pulley you have. Also its almost worth it just for that whine! haha
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Yeah the Gen V noise is sex. It's so addicting. Especially when you have the silencer ports closed ;)

Here's a video I made the day I did the Gen V swap, with closed silencer ports. Keep in mind this is on a stock 3.8" pulley. B*tch screams for stock pulley in the higher RPM levels.

 
According to SSEILMNOP, his IC core has a functional PCV setup, I think. So there's no need for custom work. Could be wrong, since I've never installed a IC before.

When I did my Gen V swap and added a N* TB, there is a brass tube on the TB already, and you just run a Vac line from that to the Nipple on the back of the Gen V to make the PCV functional.
 


DanPrixGTP said:
Yeah the Gen V noise is sex. It's so addicting. Especially when you have the silencer ports closed ;)

Here's a video I made the day I did the Gen V swap, with closed silencer ports. Keep in mind this is on a stock 3.8" pulley. B*tch screams for stock pulley in the higher RPM levels.

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Love the way those 04+ needles look. You have one sexy GP my friend.
 
Thanks man.

She's getting 18" saleen rims, f-body brakes and lower this upcoming summer.

Hopefully! *fingers crossed* just depends on how needy the new born baby will be. LOL
 
Sounds like a few solid upgrades. If you ever find yourself needing a weird part/bolt etc, feel free to pm me.. I seem to have so many extras of everything lol.
 
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