Guest Anonymous Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Has anyone heard of this company before? I was told by a friend that this was one of the only companies that produced a blower that you could turn on/off from inside the car using a switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 Latham Supercharger Co 31166 Via Colinas Westlake Villafe VA 91362 818-889-0605 i found this on a website, let us know what you find, im interested too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kc6wfs Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 If it's the ELECTRIC type it will give you 1LB of boost for a 4 banger at best. Not worth the $400.00 if I recall. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 its actually a super efficient belt driven axial supercharger that is controlled by a solenoid like the starter motor. these things haul ass and provide well over 15psi. im looking into custom making an intake manifold so i can run a latham and a good MPFI system. and when you just feel like going out for groceries you can turn off the blowrr and save some gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 I was told that this was the supercharger used in The Road Warrior, don't know it to be true but if it really works and I can get it under my hood W/out a humongous scoop I think I'm gonna try it.I really like the idea of being able to turn of the blower when I don't need it, also makes for a great sleeper imagine the look on the faces of the Vette owners when you run them down from 4or5 car lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZROSSA Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 Does the axial flow mean that the compreser is like the ones in jet engines? Or is It just a positive didplacement type? Cheers Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 I think what Zrossa meant was, does the air flow flow parallel to the axis of rotation (as the common axial flow jet engines do)with numerous stages of compressors, verses the very common paxton centifugal superchargers and the normal turbochargers do when the air is thrown outward radially from the axis centerline to compress it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZROSSA Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 yep, thats what i ment. Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 i believe roots type or a twin screw type superchargers are axial flow. centrifugal superchargers work just like their name, using centrifugal force to push the air outward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedRacer Posted January 6, 2002 Share Posted January 6, 2002 Wow - didn't know they still made those things! Back (a long, long time ago) when I was in high school a bud had a '57 Ford with a 312 in it and a Latham superchager on it and four sidedraft Carter YH type carbs. A pain to tune but it hauled .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Maverick - depends on the blower manufactuer. Straight 4-71, 6-71 etc. Roots blowers didn't use vanes that had a twist to them - they were simply paddles I believe. Those have an open plenum below them full length for the forced air. I'd say those were NOT axial. Something like an Eaton however would be axial - opening at one end for inlet and an opening at the other end for outlet as I recall. I was pretty sure Latham went out of business and have only seen a few of their blowers. Are they back with the same blower or is someone using their name for something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedRacer Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 I expected to get better results from a search but there are a couple of pics. Of a Latham supercharger at the bottom of this page http://members.tripod.com/lyc_42/fordv8/yblock/yblock.htm One of them shows it disassembled and you can see the jet turbine like vanes. BTW, I think I was wrong about the four Carter YH carbs - looks like it probably was only two. Ahhhhhhhhhh another senior moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Dang, that truely was an "axial flow" supercharger. Can't even imagine how fast that puppy had to spin. An all this time I thought the term "axial" was being used erroneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Jim, I'll let you know Monday as I intend to try and call them to get more info, I'll post the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 axial = spins (on an axis) turbochargers are also axial compressors. ...I'm not sure about the jet engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Called, or tried to, Latham today and they don't exist at the # listed above and they don't have a listing anywhere in VA. If anyone else knows of another company that has this type of blower please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zgeezer Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 In the 50's latham superchargers came in two flavors: one with 2 carter side draft carbs and the other "competition" model mounted 4 side draft carters. In 1958 one of our club members ran a competition latham on a 283 csb in a Cameo Carrier (Any body remember those?). In comparison to McCulloghs (Now paxton) blow through bonnets, it was a trouble fee unit with no problems for the 2 years i was associated with the club. Very efficient for the time. Generally Macs would add 9-10 mph in the 1/4 and knock off 1 second on et. The latham knocked off slightly more 1 second, but was worth 12 mph. This was at Minden, NV and 4,000 feet. The Lathem was resurrected in the mid 80's (Hot Rod did a test on a carbed Camero). The second version had a totally redesigned volute (The intake portion) The second owneer of the company now lives in the Chatsworth area in California. I spoke to him about 9 months ago. He still has some parts and seemed to be willing to sell his dyno mule. I have about 80% of the pieces for a csb and am looking for the other 20%. Neat unit lots of WOW potential for street rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Does anyone know the year and month amd magazine of a comarison of superchargers came out in(By far as I recall the Latham killed everybody else) It is driving me crazy trying to find it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Give this a try http://groups.google.com/groups?q=latham+superchargers&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=N&tab=ig Dave.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Found it petersens"Engines" hot rod series#3 June 1993 400ci smalblock 9psi boost 600hp @5500 rpm 575ft/lbs @ 4700 rpm It would be cool to see the lamtham inside a tpi setup for very low hood clearance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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