.....that my friend, is awesome. Details please [custom intake/blower plate?...how 'bout that snout?] more pics if ya got 'em. What changes done to stock block innards - tranny/rear end your runnin'.....man, would love to hear that thing! Ed
well i wish i would have documented the build when adding the blower but i seem to work better under pressure so i was in a hurry when doing it and didn't take many pictures. Here is a short rundown. Pm me if you want to know more the manifold is simple. Started with making the aluminum flanges then the plenum with half inch aluminum plate with quarter inch plate bent into a partia U shape capped off on the ends and holes cut for the runners. The middle runner is just straigh into the head, had to bend the outsides out of electrical conduit. That was the easy part! The drive pulleys were tricky. Well the water pump anyways. Used the stock crank pulley from an s10 banger motor (serpentine). drilled the rivets holding the V pulley on the stock 235 balancer. centered new serpentine and welded in place. An alternator pulley fits nicely on my 12V generator stock water pump pulley was used in the same fashion, just cut the V off in the lathe and centered and welded another s10 serpentine in place there. that gave me the same 6" drive pulleys as stock. I had to fabricate a bracket to hold the B&M belt tensioner. It mounts to the thermostat housing. The supercharger uses the SB Ford style drive snout. Voila! 5psi of BOOST! My manifold is also big enough to fit the larger 144/177 pump. Just in case i feel the need to shit the guts out the oil pan!
there is a local one here in Adelaide/Australia that has a wade supercharger on the side of a 235 real nice looking setup. its in the current issue of chopped magazine(#2) www.chopped.com.au tells you who stocks it in the states, dont have a scanner, sorry.
Here's mine as it was when fitted to the guy who built the whole set-up's 39 Chev with a 216... a few years before he died. Like the one in the 54 Chev mentioned above - Its a Wade RO34 - pumps 3400cc per revolution, which gives 5lbs of boost. And it will one day be fitted to my coupe:
VERY interesting, thank's for the tip.......... Great post fella's.....give's me all kind's of idea's for my 53's 235..idea's that i don't need and shouldn't have because they always cost me money...
My father told me that if I put forced induction on my 235 that as far as he is concerned my "warranty" through him is voided. It's still so tempting when you see these setups.
I seen lots of pix from the 50's and 60's of blown 6 cyls. Its not new, but its still very cool to see since theres no single accepted blower set up for them like with a 671 or 871 on a V8.
Huffing a 235 oiler right now with a McColluch VS57 blower. Looks like you can run a relatively stock set up with the engine if you aren't running all sorts of boost. Parts are mostly fab or finds in someone's garage through word of mouth, friends of friends or "that guy". Can't wait until it is done, but other projects in the way claim time and cash dedicated to it (like brakes). Yeah, I'm a rook. I'll intro with a photo of my POS '49 cheby truck shortly.
Well, i have no warranty so anything go's! lol For me, i have a full oiler that i plan to rebuild sometime in the near future........and this *may* be something i consider when i do........ all depend's on how ambitious i get..
It's not a "warranty" he's just saying that if I throw a supercharger on it and then it blows up that I'm on my own, so until I'm ready to fix what I break I'm going to stay with natural asperation. I'll do it one of these days... it's just too tempting
Here is a McCulloch Supercharger on a 235 in a Corvette from the Eyes on Design show this past summer..... It looks like it belongs! Had to drool over it for a half hour before I was pulled away. Vendetta just sold one of these in the classifieds...... - Jon
I didn't actually think ya had a warranty, just funnin' around....and it is tempting for sure!! Simple, those are great pics!! What a killer set up!
if yor down on bucks eaton blowers off late t-bird are 100-200 on ebay. maybe 2 1 barrels? lower comp 7-8 to 1 if possible...good luck
At one time either Langdon's Stovebolt or Patrick's Chevy/GMC had a blower manifold . I took a quick peek at the websites and didn't see it listed but maybe a call to them would be productive . I'd definately use a pressure oil 235 . I'm thinking a dipper wouldn't last long with boost .
I ran my 216 for 3 years with a blower 6-8 psi of boost, with no problems at all. Engine produced about 200 Hp. Just look at the yellow chevy on page nr 1. its got an blower on.
Can't be too tough to use a single 4 bbl. manifold, and make a base plate for the blower out of a 4 bbl. open spacer and a piece of aluminum plate. Remember the blower only has to be parallel with the pulley driving it - it works on its side, upside down, doesn't matter. An EFI system can be below the manifold and push air up (but if it's a draw through carburetor the whole system should go down-hill from the carb to prevent fuel puddling).
I think the one you're referring to was HUNTER PERFORMANCE. I don't know what happened to the patterns, but I think there was deal with Larrowe and sons - F2504x4 or 48Chev - same guy, on here is James Larrowe. you'll find him in the for sale section peddling his wares. Maybe you could ask him where it is.
I remember seeing that thing at the Hotrodarama. I got a few pics of it myself. I had my ol Dodge flatbed out there this year.
I remmeber seeing the blower manifold on Larrowe and son's web site, claimed they bought the tooling back from whomever they sold it to, asked in the write up (on their site) if it counted as a repop as they were the orriginal manufacturer. My bad, it's for a 250, 292 etc. Here
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