Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Mike Ellis
TDR MEMBER
Thought that some of you lead-footed hot-rod fans might find the following interesting. I recently got a CD with an old blacksmithing magazine on it, and while perusing the old advertisements ran across this entry which caught my eye. It is an advert for a blacksmith's manually cranked forge blower, manufactured by the Roots company.
The interesting part of course is that this beast was the original incarnation of the Roots-type blower so famously used in the GMC series of superchargers. The next time you see a shiny chrome 6-71 puffing life into a fire-breathing top fuel engine, remember that there was a time when even the village blacksmith was supercharging his fire :-laf :-laf
Maybe four or five of these jobbies ganged together in the passenger compartment of a CTD would be a reasonable alternative to twin turbos... and just think of the arm muscles you would be building as you drive around town!
The interesting part of course is that this beast was the original incarnation of the Roots-type blower so famously used in the GMC series of superchargers. The next time you see a shiny chrome 6-71 puffing life into a fire-breathing top fuel engine, remember that there was a time when even the village blacksmith was supercharging his fire :-laf :-laf
Maybe four or five of these jobbies ganged together in the passenger compartment of a CTD would be a reasonable alternative to twin turbos... and just think of the arm muscles you would be building as you drive around town!
