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Old 04-14-2006, 09:35 AM
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Anyone know if a 250 series B&M (now Weiand) blower has helix rotors or straight? I know all the B&M stuff had teflon strips.

Thanks,
Ran

Answering my own question here...I saw a B&M 250 on e-bay. The rotors are straight, as I thought. And it has teflon strips.
Now the trick is to find a good used one (not one of those stories "a bolt went through the blower, just a new teflon strip and it would be fine" - yeah, right).
Also, I still don't know what's the opinions about them regarding build quality. I heard that the tiny B&M blowers used mild steel rotor shafts, and once worn out, no one would rebuild them. I suspect the 250 is a different animal, but that remains to be seen. Problem is, I'm sure calling Holley/Weiand would not bring straight answers (becasue they bought B&M's supercharger line, but still make Weiand blowers). Calling someone like BDS would probably result in "they're crap, you need to buy our 6-71".

Ran
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