Compressor upgrade

volaredon said
I have read (could have been in another post on here in another thread, it's been a while) that as rugged and durable the old RV2 was, the C171, sanden, etc only eats like 5hp while the RV2 cost 25hp penalty of engine output.
The only problem I see is that with the intake i have, with factory brackets anyway the compressor will be right on top of the T stat.
I remember when we did the engine in my son's ramcharger he originally put an offy intake on it (360 LA) and we had to change it out for that reason.

I can tell a huge difference in the amount of effort between the RV2 and C171. It was free horsepower anytime the AC is on which is most of the time in my car. As for the mounting, using the factory C171 brackets, mine clears everything on the Edelbrock intake on my car. In fact, it even puts the compressor in the same little cut out on the breather base that the RV2 sat in.