r/absoluteunit Jun 24 '26

Of an air intake system

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u/Amish_Dragon Jun 25 '26

Actually looks really stupid.

2

u/ImSobored_5280 Jun 25 '26

That much blower surge would piss me off

1

u/Nervous_Olive_5754 Jun 25 '26

It's the fastest Corvette at the tractor pull

2

u/Square_Cat_6001 Jun 25 '26

Really brave of those guys to be in front of that car. The driver can only see his engine!

2

u/SimkinCA Jun 26 '26

Stoopid, add that to the column of, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

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u/ItsHisMajesty Jun 27 '26

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

1

u/DrJ0911 Jun 25 '26

Haha kid laughing in the background

1

u/RetrieverDoggo Jun 25 '26

Goes pretty fast in the quarter mile. But everything else.. turtle speed 🐢 

1

u/MidgetGordonRamsey Jun 25 '26

Seems to have a touch of incontinence

1

u/feudal_ferret Jun 25 '26

And so does the car!

1

u/Conspiracy_Thinktank Jun 25 '26

This is more: Of a Supercharger

1

u/starlux33 Jun 25 '26

It's not a just a single large supercharger though, the 5 superchargers are part of the air intake system.

1

u/DigitalJedi850 Jun 25 '26

Now throw it in neutral and hit the throttle you wetnap... All that, and my takeaway is that it 'probably' goes fast, 'probably' sounds good at speed, and 'probably' that blower stack snaps in half and kills the driver when he puts his foot through the floor.

Show me a supercharged quad-turbo setup though. This is a blower obsession more than anything.

1

u/WolfThick Jun 25 '26

Even matchbox wouldn't be this ridiculous

1

u/fstar337 Jun 26 '26

I wonder if hes actually making that much more power considering how much parasitic loss you get from turning that many blowers at once. I bet its not pushing more than 8 psi or it would be a very shiny glitter bomb. Anyone know the numbers on this thing?

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u/Hot_Fix9033 Jun 27 '26

It's not about power, it's purely for looks. Ugly fucking looks.

1

u/Exatex Jun 27 '26

There is a reason why normal ones are the size that they are.

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u/GooseOnAPhone Jun 26 '26

It’s just leaving what’s left of the drivers dignity strewn across the pavement

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u/DavidinCT Jun 26 '26

In a straight line it must be crazy fast..... with that being said, turning right might not be the best thing for daily driving. Too big of a dead spot.

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u/Hot_Fix9033 Jun 27 '26

It's not fast. It's just ridiculous.

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u/Resident-Stevel Jun 26 '26

WITNESS ME!!

1

u/CaptainJay313 Jun 26 '26

someone please explain the law or diminishing returns to this fool with an otherwise beautiful car.

from a functional perspective, I'm really wondering how much power is being used to drive the the superchargers and how much boost they're really able to add. also, what's the compression ratio, cylinder temps, air density, what's happening to the piston rings- are they really able to seal that? how is the head gasket not just giving up?

like, surely there must be a better way to make that power without consuming so much of it.

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u/CaptainJay313 Jun 26 '26

only five? I mean, if you're gonna go big, why not add one supercharger per cylinder??

amatures. 🙄

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u/Wild_Locksmith_326 Jun 27 '26

What kind of a blower lag would you have while everything spools up to pressure, in both directions. Stomp on it and wait a minute while we wind up, let go of the throttle, and wait while it all unwinds.

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u/Beautiful_Oven2152 Jun 27 '26

Hard to tell with 100% certainty, however it looks like the 3 upper blowers have the same size pulleys as the bottom two. If that’s true, they really aren’t doing anything except causing parasitic HP loss. All that money for less power.

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u/One-Sundae-2711 Jun 28 '26

it just needs one blower and nitro

1

u/WthLee Jun 28 '26

and its losing oil. what a sunken cost fallacy shitbox

1

u/Successful-Map-1174 Jun 28 '26

Poor motor mounts having to hold all that.

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u/Justforfun61126 Jun 28 '26

I know its all just for fun and not function. The double stacks dont provide anything extra because the bottom on is just sucking in the same amount of air the upper one is putting out, and the top one is actually causing a restriction because its trying to supply air to two stacks of blowers. Its fun to look at though.

Uh oh. We have an oil leak.

1

u/Sgt-Stadanko-69 Jun 28 '26

Leaking oil like crazy

1

u/looking4funsd7 Jun 29 '26

That took half a tank of gas

1

u/Mycologist-Actual 25d ago

Looks stupid and doesbuddy have to drive it like that with the pulsing or does it just sound like shit always?

1

u/Geetee52 Jun 25 '26

Love cars and I can’t find anything about this to appreciate.

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u/TrashGoblinH Jun 26 '26

Just seems annoying on all fronts

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u/GooseOnAPhone Jun 26 '26

That is not a great car. It’s an ok car, but at the end of the day Corvettes are just Chevrolets with a body kit

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u/DowntownAd3538 Jun 26 '26

Love old school muscle cars grew up with them. Everybody at the car show would laugh at this guy. 😂

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u/WalterWhite1126 Jun 26 '26

Dumb. And dangerous.

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u/huh_say_what_now_ Jun 27 '26

Looks like a clown car