I see a lot of people wanting blower info and talkin blowers, etc. I've even seen a miscommunication between between a customer and a business. I am around blowers all the time, I make my living setting them up, redoing them, specializing in them for special needs. When dealing with blowers: 1. There is never too much information. Read all you can. Talk to people about them. Especially the older guys that have run them for years on this board, they are a gold mine of information. 2.When you decide to get a blower, find out as much as you can about yours. See who has run your type, get technical info on them. And match it to your application. 3.Make sure your blower is in good conidition, get it redone by a pro if you can't do it yourself. Also, make sure your engine can handle it. Bolt on a new tight blower onto a 100,000 smallblock, you are gonna blow that engine, maybe not today, maybe tomorrow or the next day....You are gonna be picking up parts though and sooner than later. 3. If you have work done, by a shop, and if at all possible, make sure that shop has the engine that the blower is suppossed to fit. Draw diagrams, give them dimensions. Best to have too much information! 4. If your ordering your setup, the air cleaner has to work with the carbs, carbs with the blower, blower with intake, so on and so forth......on down the line. I get this all the time, 'Oh, I'm gonna run this cam with my blower!' CALL THE CAM GRINDER FIRST! Tell him all your info.....chances are, he can custom grind something that will work and run great! I've seen folks run stuff that isn't compatible to their blower. they get poor performance. Match your parts! A Holley Dominator won't work on a 283 with a dual plane intake. Get the picture? 5. Put together a ride that you'll be proud of! Take your time. If you get upset, walk away for a while, come back and work on it later. If you don't understand something, GET HELP! I've seen more bower explosions because someone took a short cut or did't realize they were doing something wrong. Read! Do as the instructions said! 6. Make sure after its running to take it to someone that knows about tuning, if you don't know how to do it yourself....you can burn valves, torch pistons, blow rods thru the side of your block. 7 After its all set up and running perfectly, enjoy it, its beauty as you do a burnout, the pride of building it all, and all he great friends that you made along the way. .......You can never have too much information...... Blowers aren't rocket science, they're dependable, they're fun ,and they're cool looking. They've been with us for almost 100 years, hopefully, they'll be with us for 100 more. Keep on Roddin!!!!!!!!
great post! but as far as build any thing mechanical, parts need to be matched. motor parts, transmissons to gears to tires so on and so on. you sould plan and get as much info as possable when building any thing. any way great info.
Good info Screamin'. Here's some info on a work-in-progress of mine; Mopar 440ci, stroked to 496" with a 4.15 crank. Stock RB-size H-beam rods. Balanced ***embly. Double keyway in crank. 8.2 : 1 cr. Dished Ross-pistons, Cometic headgaskets. Cam: 260/268-112, .630/.630 'solid' RollerCam. Block: Decked, bored/honed, linebored/honed. Alum. maincaps. Heads: Indy 440-1, stock OOTB. (Could use porting, but is not in the budget now) Blower-Intake: Indy Blower: Kuhl 8/71 (used, but feels tight, no scoring inside)
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