Technical Blower snout length on a SBC

Lol,,,,sorry,,,wasn’t implying that at all .
Just giving respect to Jim,,,,,he’s earned it here !

Tommy

 

Oh he absolutely has, learned more from his old posts than I could ever say

 

Is there anyway to plumb the intake instead of drilling the heads

 

This picture of your mock up on a SBC is marked to show how the B10 would need to be drilled to get coolant from the heads to a thermostat housing. Drilling the heads is an easier way to accomplish the task, at least to me.

 

My Enderle is plumbed similar



I've seen intakes plumbed there and the two lines ran straight into the upper radiator tank

 

The B10 has a water port coming up from both sides in the rear, on either side of the distributor, one side has bleeder valve and the other is a 1/2 inch male pipe thread. Could be modified to run off of that fairly easily, currently that’s sounding like the simplest way to get coolant back into the motor.

 

I can understand wanting to use a vintage speed part, we've all done it hundreds of times, but this might be one of those times to use a later model part. The port on the left side of the B-10 manifold was intended for a temp. sender and the one on the right was added by a previous owner for an air bleed, and using those ports for an outlet will not allow proper cooling, the coolant need's to be routed to the front of the engine - through the head's. If you don't want to drill and tap the front of the head's for the crossover and remote t-stat housing, a later model manifold with a water crossover and t-stat housing on the front might be your best bet, and then you can figure the snout length once the blower location and accessory pulley's are accounted for. JMO

 

Yeah, this has been in the back of my head all along.
something in me hates sacrificing the “cool factor” for something as stupid as functionality.
I’m not dead set against drilling the heads, just don’t love the plan

 

Just remember, everything is way cooler when it function's properly.

 

Without a proper cooling system on a blown SBC, you are in for a frustrating and bad time. Not functional friendly and a piss poor performer and driving experience on the street.

 

^^^^^^ TRUTH ^^^^^^

 

use your B10 intake , dont be scared to drill the heads on engine & tap ,
Set of harbor freight pip tabs under $100, not the best but they work.
Drill small pilot hole 1/8 first , then tape or have someone hold Vac hose while you drill the bigger hole , same when tapping ,, No big deal ,,, Me personally if I hade to do, I would have No problem drilling my 15 deg heads .
"water gallery" vacuum out after wards

Thermostat optional, !!!
make a Y with two #10s to 1-1/4 1-1/2 to top of Rad
#10s might be to big , Drop to #8s
You can play with washers to speed up or slow down flow ,,
This is part of
Hot Rodding /Racing

 

i have the complete isky polished blower setup for that b 10 intake. idler bracket. water pump pulley. whole bit!

 

Is it for sale???

 

sure its not cheap. i paid up for it

 

Yeah I understand this, have owned plenty of questionably operable cars. I have no intention of half assing this, drilling the heads seems to be the best option, I’m pretty committed to this manifold because I just can’t be bothered to buy another one, and have no interest in a modern one

 

This is tempting, but given that this started as a “spare parts” blower build, and the B10 happened to be priced right and fit the time period. I’m sure you want more than I want to pay, and that’s perfectly fair

 

I copied this from another thread and saved it on my phone for that "someday that I might need it".

 

And now I’ve saved it, the pattern continues. thank you

 

Here's a couple shot's of the stuff needed for the Drag intake, It was combined with isky drive set-up..

 

^^^^^
That style of pulley , I do not how hard to find, But with a lathe & mill can be
Duplicate & in different sizes if Originally Not made with a tooth count needed,
Machine from solid stock ,
or take a modern pulley , cut center out & machine a new center , weld in , face it off & tapper ,,,
I have made odd ball thing for my self ,

 

Here's a sbc I'm putting together myself, Blower is a hemi , Hemi/sbc are the same as far as pulley reference, give or take depending on your V pulley count, May need a shim to get out farther if two pulleys are needed..

 

This is a V 671, only showing to give ideas.. Used a late 60's/ Early 70's truck alternator mount

 

what brand intake ,
I Do not recall seeing a intake with thermostat housing offset for 6:71 8:71 intake

 

Looks like a modified Offenhauser intake

 

Like Swade said, the V series blower intakes were modified Dual quad

 

Well... I looked to see what the Weiand 7136 (thermostat) intake was going for new..
Discontinued !

 

Yeah, however the Speedmaster version is still available most places
https://www.jegs.com/i/Speedmaster/...MI_MCeirnQggMV1AitBh2yRAHpEAQYASABEgIg7vD_BwE

 

I would not drill the holes per the diagram you have until you moch up all your stuff and see just where you have room and don't have room. Using Hollywood-Easts picture, you can see that there are a lot of things that you need to avoid interference with to make it work. Also, instead of an NPT thread, you migh want to use a JIC fitting...maybe one with a swivel so you can clock the fittings well. Also it would allow all fittings to be a silver color to match the tube.

 

There tons of complaints about their products, holes in the wrong spots, surfaces not level etc etc