Superchargers: That Classic Look

I've always been fond of that Classic Supercharger look, the "6-71" or larger on a BBC, with the scoop poking through the hood. I have a suspicion they only work on Carb setups.... Right?

If I had money, I'd be dangerous.

DoctorBlade wrote: I've always been fond of that Classic Supercharger look, the "6-71" or larger on a BBC, with the scoop poking through the hood. I have a suspicion they only work on Carb setups.... Right?

Why would you think that?

DoctorBlade wrote: I've always been fond of that Classic Supercharger look, the "6-71" or larger on a BBC, with the scoop poking through the hood. I have a suspicion they only work on Carb setups.... Right? If I had money, I'd be dangerous.

Ummm..

Have you heard the term "Blown alcohol" before?

If you do a little digging, you'll find that mechanical fuel injection has been installed on blowers for pretty much as long as superchargers have been installed on cars.

EFI is just as doable.

Also, you don't want to bother with a -71 series blower, they were antiques 20 years ago. BDS, Weiand and others all make much more useable, cheaper superchargers than reworking a 2-stroke diesel exhaust scavenge pump (-71 blower) would be.

If you want the look, the Scott Super Slot injector is the meanest looking one I've ever seen:

EFI is a pain, Just get a huge Carb, drop the compression and put on a 172 blower.

Carb cover with butterfly's for extra height if required.

Trans_Maro wrote:

DoctorBlade wrote: If you want the look, the Scott Super Slot injector is the meanest looking one I've ever seen:

Yeah, that's hot, for sure. I was fascinated by the look of a big blower when I was a kid. This was a big factor:

I want to put a blower on my 72 Firebird with a poncho 455. Unfortunately blowers for Pontiacs are limited and $$$$$$.

In reply to Trans_Maro:

You know, I didn't realize they were that antique. Time flies. I do like the look of the Super Slot...

One of the meanest cars to ever have a Scott Super Slot

In reply to rebelgtp:

Is that a Monza?

That the last of the v-8 interceptors...

Capt Slow wrote: That the last of the v-8 interceptors...

"...[it] woulda been a shame to blow it up..."

Two is always better.

i'll see your twin superchargers and raise you a pair of turbos, a Dominator, and several stages of nitrous- all polished to perfection and jammed into a Pontiac J2000..

That J-2000 is one of the main reasons Pro Street became a joke. Cool, but silly.

J2000? For real?

akamcfly wrote: J2000? For real?

Wait until he hears about how long the axles were.

Rick Dobbertin's goal was to do the most extreme Pro Street car ever. The rollcage was stainless steel that he polished to a mirror finish, for example. He specifically chose the J2000 (he bought it new and negotiated the return of most of its mechanicals to the dealer!) because it was the narrowest shell he could find, and then he stuck the widest tires he could find into it.

The answer, by the way, is nine inches each. Picture how narrow a rearend has to be for the axles to be nine inches long...

HOLY CRAP WHY DO I EVEN REMEMBER ALL OF THIS???? For perspective, I'm fairly sure that Cliff Burton was still alive when this vehicle debuted.

He got a ton of crap because it didn't have any rear suspension. So he used valve springs to quiet the nay-sayers about how it wasn't a real drivable car.

Brett_Murphy wrote: In reply to rebelgtp: Is that a Monza?

PLEASE tell me that you are joking. You don't recognize the "Interceptor" from the Mad Max movies? The car is built off an Australian Ford Falcon XB ('73 or '74 I think?).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiNZbcEzogU

Did someone say two blowers?

Turocharged and supercharged STi:

Got a big ol' pair of tit...er, turbos here.

Back on topic, here's a blower on a pushrod V engine, without a carb:

Man, I want to reach into the picture and straighten out the engine cover, it's not sitting properly by the alternator and it's REALLY bugging me.

(i also compulsively fix filler caps so that they're facing up/forward. That brake reservoir cap? IT'S NEXT)

I'll see you your turbo super little 4cyl. and raise you a twin turbo supercharged 12L V8.

Like horsepower? Check out this massive twin-turbocharged, single supercharged, nitrous-injected 8V92 Detroit Diesel (that's 12.0L) engine in Wayne Talkington's truck. This drag race semi made a whopping 1,590 hp at the wheels on a chassis dynamometer before the dyno broke.

In reply to rebelgtp:

What's a Mad Max? Is that some kind of foreign candy bar?

I'll cop to not recognizing the car at first. I knew I'd seen the car /somewhere/ but I just couldn't place it. Monza was the first thing that popped into my head. I'll go to the Hut of Shame and Loathing now.

Detroit Diesels don't count. The blower isn't a supercharger, its function is more like that of the reed valve of a crankcase-feed two-stroke.

here's what a supercharger looks like on a pushrod V8 under the hood of a new Corvette ZR1..