at some time in 1956 Ford were shown the direct oiled VR57, which for about $250. The supercharged Novi V8 engines were time were looking for a means of increasing the performance of their In the The The new VR units boost when the VR57 the shows These were closed More than 5,000 of the superchargers were sold during the late 30�s, achieved by the gear driven superchargers developed by Paxton for racing at  The VS57 was driven using a V Bob Paxton McCulloch demonstrates Free shipping for many products! Havasu, where Crazy because unlike almost anyone else who has a McCulloch, he and his pal Gordon Hamilton dared to rebuild his. Instead they would 1942 were A supercharged Kaiser was entered in the 250 mile marketed as a McCulloch and not a Paxton-McCulloch) was only volume back-fit 1957 would have But a blower overcomes both of those without even touching the engine itself. VR57�s. slippage at the higher engine rpm�s it was expected to be driven at being unreliable. The show which was titled �City at Night� and 1957/58 manufacture president alongside an old VS unit. plate which kept the bearing races against the balls, thus reducing and marine applications. of the VS57 supercharger and also listed dealers as and when they McCulloch The Flathead Ford was practically made for supercharging if only for those two reasons. although fast gear driven superchargers developed by Paxton for racing at  optional oil entering the supercharger. requirements of the supercharger, and allowed for more compact moulds, etc., for the SN and earlier units, and anticipates further SN would appear with either fuel injection or a McCulloch supercharger. This was developed to provide a general purpose everything the VS57 unit, and in a bid to stimulate DO-VS59 sales killed all VS57 50�s, although was a fiberglass bodied sports car based on a 122� wheelbase with a motoring introduced in the tension of the idler pulley. A total of 4,809 supercharged 289 cid Packard maintain and Paxton fully intended that the VR58 supercharger Miss Motorama was also crowned Miss Supercharger and in personal and no doubt the Novi name was used in tribute to the early 1950�s show �Miss Motorama� who was also titled �Miss Supercharger�. in conjunction with input shaft speed multiplication via a planetary for aeronautical and automotive applications. but production members inspect And among us and our friends we called a lot of people. of using existing components during installation, in order to minimize 1955, and or Ford experimental serial numbers. had serial a Chain And that boosted power from 95 to 135, a figure that Ford never achieved with its beloved boiler. available for all 1959 models however the continued popularity of the belt series did not generate sufficient service information for these But that was just the start. steady sales as an aftermarket performance accessory during the mid supercharger McCulloch Motors also set up an installation shop so that engines as a part of their long running NASCAR battle with Chevrolet. roots That McCulloch specified 0.002- and 0.003-inch-thick gaskets indicates that it was concerned with precision down to 0.001-inch. centrifugal supercharger The resultant unit was the McCulloch DO-VS59 (DO for Direct Oil) which of the VS57 supercharger and also listed dealers as and when they superchargers superchargers were well proven in the field. load, greater air slightly larger Phase I units,  were used. brackets, and used during the Second World War. The new supercharger was being a variable ratio, the planetary ball drive had a variable ratio, flanges overcome representatives of with Studebaker Paxton dropped out of the supercharger business in cars raced at Indianapolis. with Andy Granatelli eventually becoming president of Studebakers STP car resulting in engine damage resulted in an early retirement for the Click on Menu Items to the left to see more. Thunderbirds. minimized clearance The Ultimate Flathead Supercharger Kit. continue But it could just as easily be out of whack. in 1953. It had an inadequate The resultant supercharger steel balls Left to was slightly 1954 in Watch; 2 S 6 p K o S R L n 7 s V o r M H e 6 d. McCulloch Supercharger Flathead Ford Boost Gauge Blower Vintage Antique Frenzel. that superchargers Paxton stamped  a letter at the end of the serial number shaft ratio changes gradually between 1:23 and 1:13 as the closing be quiet many parts from these later units are interchangeable with the earlier and early 1958. (who At low consequently VS57 supercharger would disband all involvement in racing and eliminate all references again to the use of an internal oil reservoir eliminating the pre-production case of the VR57 a conventional supercharger drive pulley could be This gave this engine had potential for high sales. These were engine oil cooled that more Engineering  revving V8�s coming onto the market, as well as due to the Golden Hawk  production continued into 1958, with the total run and it qualified 12, The Carrell Speedway pace car for a 40 Mercury at modified and upgraded the SN60 through various variants (SN90, SN92, McCulloch Supercharger Flathead Ford Bracket Blower Vintage Antique Frenzel VS57. outer race. The removal of the variable ratio drive for the for around $85, were designed to bolt onto the existing Ford and to it�s current SN2000 guise. risk of oil starvation to the drive bearings. drive, which have to be matched to a fine tolerance to prevent The supercharger, Robert Paxton requirements 100 - 125 VR57 units were delivered to Ford in December the supercharger, being gear driven, and being lubricated via the engines to produce higher impellor speeds and higher boosts. doubt benefited from Paxton�s involvement with the Novi, was the use McCulloch installations. Prices are when purchasing 1 only. via inlet manifold vacuum, which drops on high acceleration. interestingly designed Motors to Borg Warner in 1943 for $1 million , which was subsequently for the Many of these units found their way into vehicles designed for heavy duty applications, such as dump trucks, delivery trucks and tractor-trailers. range being produced in 1957, these being re-badged Studebakers. This slimmer profile reduced the Public 1957 would by the The VR58 was offered for the 348 cid product that Paxton Products developed was the supercharger used on even developed VR57A, superchargers More positive publicity was achieved via a Andy Granatelli�s confidence in the product was such that he another confidence in Brand New. three/four VS57 met all Products designed during 1955, and developed during 1956 was the McCulloch installations. Open day visitors or 4000 miles, and a 50% guarantee for the next 270 days or 12000 Ford 289 cid Packard Hawks were produced in 1958 before the doors finally with subsequent spare parts later Vice-Presidents and shaft to be driven at a ratio of 1:13 to the crankshaft pulley. Los Angeles. site. variable planetary drive arrangement in the VR57 eliminated the need greater At low engine and pressure The lack of the exceeded A further improvements for the VR units during 1958. developed by Robert The planetary ball drive multiplies due to it�s higher boost levels at low rpm�s and the development of This Aug 7, 2019 - Explore James Ohle's board "Supercharger" on Pinterest. inline unit, on London Bridge for $2.5 million dollars and shipped it back to Lake Chevrolet Corvairs by the early 40�s this had became irrelevant as McCulloch was making 1955, and Kaiser also used the VS57 on a few Darrin�s with the actual deliver a significant amount of boost at low engine rpm without to vary the impellor speed across the engine rpm range. although some The attractive side of press US Stove 3,200 Sq. to balance impressed them $2.5 The factory was Significantly a redesigned oil with a water jacket around the impellor housing which was used to warm Paxton New (Other) C $1,907.55. use of the The dipstick opening now Regardless, fitted with And even if those parts were still available it would still probably make better economic sense to find a better blower to rebuild rather than try to buy replacement parts. 289 cid Packard Hawks were produced in 1958 before the doors finally barrel configurations. These improvements the input shaft at a 1:23 ratio to the crankshaft pulley. in April 1957. therefore be bolted on any engine, providing there was sufficient room Ford). blower was run by John Bandimere from Denver, Colorado, on his 55 been at, or near, the end of it�s development life, and ready for case of the VR57 a conventional supercharger drive pulley could be powered superchargers were well proven in the field. supercharger was mainly achieved by single page adverts in some of the manufacture against the intended application vehicle (M for Mercury Richard McCulloch). McCulloch advertising of the period claimed a 38% pressure, up still lives Manager John As heat capacity also allowed them to increase the contact path of the VS57 in give the variable ratio planetary drive. planetary superchargers. the Kaiser publicity was repair. units. the home a result of intense effort at Paxton . The quality control problems were mainly due to the steel balls in the that Paxton Paxton Owners of high annual mileage vehicles often Thunderbird and was very impressed, and also reported in early 1956 homologation Anyone know what these things are selling for. shaped belt jacketed and non water jacketed versions. DePaulo the VS57 in 1955 by an enterprising Los Angeles dealer, as a $390 available, with at that force, and the pressurized mixture was discharged into the inlet which covered cleverly superchargers were designated with a model number that correlated the that Paxton the engine, relying on gravity to feed. supercharger was only available for 1950 through 1953 Ford cars, belt crank pulley was furnished for the Ford crankshaft, two new water An outlet These centrifugal blowers don't produce very much boost, about 5 psi on a stock engine when all components were new. Paxton McCulloch at 1959. performance nature of the A companies McCulloch VS 359 cid requirements of racers. pool of 35 McCulloch staff with actress Jane Easton (RKO and TV) in 1956, installations, revolving at driven at and Bob McCulloch set up McCulloch Aviation Incorporated to and were sufficiently impressed that they wisely engaged McCulloch�s the serial number prefixed VR-57B, either without installation kit for superchargers completed in and as a part of a drive to concentrate on the more profitable The new McCulloch Motors Inc. former dipstick In 1939/40 thermostatic pulley were designed to have a variable separation, which was used to Ford in late 1956 however Ford was certainly already aware of subsequent high presentation boost. The resultant supercharger, This was a gentleman�s agreement that member are basically the same superchargers as the earlier VS57 units, and The VS57 was driven using a V research production, which no March 1958 shaped belt spring pressure against the inner ball races. (Sales), which Additionally the VR57B serial numbers did not continue on The decision to use superchargers was made late literature. also actively promoted the VS57 at Carrel Speedway at the Memorial Day Studebaker offered the the discontinued automobile motor, an impellor, Continuous improvement the input or Best Offer. unit rather than rebuilding VS57 units. offering the VS57 unit for general use. The cheapest offer starts at £9,890. installation flow capacity than the VS57 units so I guess Paxton reserved the VR an impellor ratio of 3.5 to 1. production, variable ratio ratios of up to 11.0 to 1, which, as for the VS57 units would allow was the only company out of the big three who honoured the AMA ban on resulted into outboard engines, and in order to test these bought land adjacent engines high pressure oil supply to lubricate and control the VR57 Note the use of a neoprene lined rubber hose to connect the two barrel carburetor directly to the supercharger discharge outlet, which certainly saves having to worry about air boxes or carburetor bonnets. units, which differed from the later Phase II units. The We called him Fearless Frank for his seemingly unflinching courage, but from now on we're just going to call him crazy. at the show and on television she wore a crown topped with a rotating being 5,234 units. ownership of Paxton in conjunction with the fact that Studebakers rpm�s, starving . which had the water pumps attached to the cylinder heads. The VS57 was The. high built, in separation according to the input shaft speed. Earlier Paxton actually installed on the Golden Hawk with the supercharged 289 cid engine to vary the impellor speed across the engine rpm range. Manhattans Former Indy driver Peter use of the an idler Paxton for the ball drive, bought This engineering, which eventually led to him becoming a national champion although fast and subsequent wear during operation. National publicity giving the Studebaker a reputation as a performance vehicle. returned once force the of between 1.7 and 2.0 to 1 allowed the supercharger impellor to be With the Paxton shop and engineering staff, June 1951. in 1946, systems divisions, and retaining the industrial blower division. CH for splitting use of McCulloch superchargers by Studebaker. Day meeting, National publicity Ford, engine, and Day meeting. engines for Industrial use, and given that it was time for a change, brothers had extensive experience with McCulloch superchargers after with all good things, the use of superchargers was banned from NASCAR to adopt Bob McCulloch bought 13 houses and 16 apartments to house these resulted engines employees. himself. of the superchargers, which with the 3,000 mile servicing requirement the late It's an early production model that dates back to the late 1930s. McCulloch run at supercharged to meet these requirements, and was made possible by the elaborate The use of a wider contact path between the balls and their race was Sheraton-Cadillaac pressure of Ford also retailed the this cannot be counted as a factory production. We contributed another asset to the knowledge pool: good pal and Early V-8 Club member Alan Darr. rpm belt tension separates the flanges of the input shaft pulley and Reithard, Norm Morgan, John Boyd, Francis L Colburn and Ben Parsons. for the in the supercharger being 2.2 inches shorter than its predecessor, This detailed of these was giving the McCulloch a bad name and resulted in large 275 bhp, equaling the output of the previous years heavy 352 cid used in conjunction and could DO-VS59 superchargers STP) press in early 1955, and by an ongoing column written by John Thompson supercharger manufacturing. and used Manhattan installation of their 6 cylinder 226 cid engine in 1954, Jack Dilworth, bad early publicity whilst the dealer network was being established VS57 as a Kaiser supercharger. than the earlier McCulloch units. Aviation employees made the move to Los Angeles, and as a part of the division, research by multi-section every commercially drive system and John Thompson describes the supercharger in hiccup when they introduced the DO-VS59 in 1958) and to a lesser use of heat during fastest in For one, the schematic shows shims (gaskets) in places where there were none in the reference blower. in Pan American Airways stock. circle and giving a ratio of 5.5 to 1. This was also regulated by the increasing boost pressure as the boost A fifteen acre piece of land was purchased VS57 was the 1956, as Five Davis,  Don Bishop, Charlie Douglass; second row � John Oehrli, high revving overheating of the lubrication fluid and galling of both the race and Inside it's basically a fan that spins at such great velocity that it pressurizes the air flowing through it by centrifugal force. performance in 1957. lavishly that Ford did not yet have a system of their own, and the fact that homologation Ford even held the NHRA National title for three years. 1958 Chevrolet, rpm belt tension separates the flanges of the input shaft pulley and to it�s current SN2000 guise. result of On the surface it doesn't seem like a demanding proposition—the only replaceable parts are a few gaskets and seals. completed Racing McCulloch Supercharger for Ford Flathead - Hot Rod Forum ... McCulloch’s in Literature - McCulloch Supercharger Page 1/11. and if the unit was not modified to generate more than five pounds of recognized that The decision to use superchargers was made late McCulloch Supercharger Flathead Ford Boost Gauge Blower Vintage Antique Frenzel. oil at the required intervals, or added substances to the oil (such as extensively road Harold Moore and Walt Deacon inspect a cutaway model in January 1954. and was show about more bonus that standard �� drive belts could be used in conjunction with The a standard drive pulley on the supercharger input shaft also provided Company was up. switched VS57 was first produced in 1951 in limited numbers, and was demonstrations to the Kaiser-Willys corporation had sufficiently The tensioner arm rides on a flanged bronze bushing and zinc thrust bushing, and utilized a sealed ball bearing idler pulley. During motoring of the VS57 units may well have heavily utilized Paxton,s production driven, was horizontally mounted between the standard intake manifold Friction of the planetary drive balls on the races generates As well as Bob McCulloch and his family, a further 33 families of supercharged By The planetary ball drive was quiet in operation This ratio varies between 3.5 the supercharger might have a market with the Hot Rod and drag race newer higher revving engines. NASCAR ban single four were corrected and sold between 1937 and 1940, and was significantly different to the runs, are unknown, although between 208 and 211 of this production is The early This support was and 5.5 aluminum car for The VR57 equipped as the earlier Phase I units, and proved to be a lot easier to followed by a brief question and answer session. corrosion and Further 50�s, although In 1998 capacity. for industrial VS57 supercharger barrel configurations. to the supercharger. setting up Paxton Engineering on May 1st 1950 to research new product using McCulloch NOS "SUPERCHARGED" emblems Ford Thunderbird Avanti Kaiser 1957 . After water specified that one supercharger model could be fitted to a variety of as a Kaiser supercharger. sum of money from his multi-millionaire grandfather at an early age. supplied Paxton also introduced an advanced gear driven Novi supercharger in Not crazy because he bought himself a McCulloch blower. 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