Stillen v3 Blower Issue

Originally Posted by turtle64b

Looking at those pictures and based on what Vortech said, I'd be really pissed at the person you bought it from... If I recall right, there's literally a yellowish-orange tag on the shipping plug that says "remove me". I'm sorry about your bad fortune.

A V3 with the Si impeller and the 928 bearings seems to be the ideal setup for the blower. The Si impeller flows a little better and the 928 bearings allow you to overspin it.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by redondoaveb

You know what the funny thing is. When my blower was blowing a lot of oil out of the vent plug (3.47 jackshaft/2.85 sc pulley). I called vortech and talked to one of their engineers who said that they've seen guys run their blowers with the shipping plug in with no issues. I didn't want to take the chance so I installed a 3.00 sc pulley instead.

Originally Posted by turtle64b

I stand corrected haha.

I personally wouldn't want to run with the plug in since when the oil heats up and pressure builds, it has nowhere to go. I think this puts more pressure on components that weren't necessarily meant to see that pressure. My 2 cents.