street driven cars with blowers???

[Travis Fulton]

thinking of putting a blower on my street driven nova?!?! its a 540 ci bbc low compression! street mota and just want a blower!?!? i think?? anybody have any experience with em? let me know of the drawbacks, if any

Thanx

[Ted Stryker]

Centrifugal Vortech, maybe a V-1 T-trim?.. It's been awhile since I was on that scene..... About 12- 13 lbs. ( street friendly ) of boost through an injector intake and you'll be wondering where the ejection handle is... Big cubes wailin' with that whining blower and a presence will be made... 800+ hp if everthing goes wrong..

[1BadAction]

the only downside is that your rear tires will need to be replaced every few thousand miles.

id say whipple is about the best, but there is turbo kits for BBs out there :eek: :eek: :eek:

[10.5' Tunnel]

My boss at the shop has a 67' nova with a blower. We almost have it ready for its test run! I'll just say do it, nothing beats the sound and looks of a blower.

[Ted Stryker]

Centrifugals are easier to aftercool, and all under the hood.. Well, that might be a drawback for some... As previously mentioned, there are turbo's that would accomodate your needs with some patience and craftmanship... Turbo's outrun everything, nothing else to discuss about that...

[Simon]

Here is my 32 roadster blown injected 355 small block chevy. scary fast. Just do it !!!

[10.5' Tunnel]

Centrifugals are easier to aftercool, and all under the hood
I agree with you on newer cars, but these cars look awesome blowers. but I kinda follow the rule of go big or go home, and if you pull up to a light people usually don't even think of dragging you if you have a blower.

[Ted Stryker]

I would be praying that they wouldn't catch on to my superiority and want to race me... ;)

[captcarb]

The owner os the transmission shop that rebuilt and modified the trans in my Impalla had a whipple on his suburban. He loved it and claimed it was actually easy on the trans because it did not have to downshift so much when towing.

Here is the Whipple info> (http://www.whipplesuperchargers.com/product.asp?ProdID=1161)

Jim

[The Big Al]

Cooling will be the biggest problem.
A/t transmission will be the week link.
BDS is the best choice, they cost more and there is a reason.
Big blocks with blowers create massive amounts of torque!
Hard on converters.
Cooling will be a problem with stop and go.
A good electric fans will do the trick in most cases.
A radiator with volume work best.
Most cooling systems with a big block or about 3 gal total.
try to get the amount up to 5 gal. Slow the system down and should work well.
The Nova has a open air front and air moves well. Modine radiator makes a 4 core system. C/V products can have a radiator made with more capacity. Volume of fluid with good air. More fluid volume let's you slow the fluid down and transfer more heat from the radiator.
Valve springs need to be good, Air pressure can hang a valve open. Also as little as 4psi of pressure can turn that thing on.
So don't try to go crazy.

[Raceman]

The Wieand 871 kit is hard to beat for the money.

[Skatin]

I have owed Prochargers and the build quality sucks. I've had a Whipple and they are fine in stock condition but there is very little you can do to them. I have owned several Vortech's on several cars a 1996 LT4 Vette with a Lingenfelter 383 was the latest and they are by far the best I have dealt with. If you do get one toss the FMU they are junk. Does the motor have a carb or is it fuel injected?

[Travis Fulton]

the mota is carbed, and was thinking of leaving it that way? would like to go injected.......

[Skatin]

Originally posted by Travis Fulton
the mota is carbed, and was thinking of leaving it that way? would like to go injected.......

Never done a carb application. I have done plenty of fuel Injection stuff. I prefer it simply because you can hook a laptop up and monitor everything during a run and then add fuel or adjust the timing right from the drivers seat. They do make kits for carbs but I don't know how well they work. Switching to fuel Injection would be very expensive and you would probably lose horsepower. Whatever you do I would like to know how it works out....Keep us posted...

[1BadAction]

loose hp switching to EFI? yeah, 25 years ago maybe... :rolleyes:

[Skatin]

Originally posted by 1BadStream
loose hp switching to EFI? yeah, 25 years ago maybe... :rolleyes:

The only Big Block EFI set up that I have seen is from Arizona Speed and Marine. It's a TPI system and they suck. They make tons of Tq but at a great loss of hp. There might be other systems out there but I'm not familiar with them.:D :D :D

[1BadAction]

man, theres a whole bunch of stuff out there. Alot of guys like to convert the carb manifolds because its cheaper, and the manifold tech is already proven. theres still 12-15 companies making true EFI for big blocks.

edelbrock
GMPP (502 ramjet)
EFI specialists
Accel
and others i cant think of right now, then they have guys doing the BIG HP stuff out there, conversions. :eek:

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/autopartsphotos/manifolds/29275_assem.jpg

sheet metal anyone?

http://kevthompson.homestead.com/files/IntakesEFI/BigChiefSheetMetal4.jpg

:eek:

http://kevthompson.homestead.com/files/IntakesEFI/CrowerDPI2.jpg

EFI nascar moto?

http://kevthompson.homestead.com/files/IntakesEFI/ProAction7.jpg

[Skatin]

I don't mess with big blocks much except for a Mercruiser 502 that I had in an Eliminator. Those are some awesome looking Intakes. I just like the sound of a small block at high rpm. Guess that is why I am doing the outboard thing now.

[Fast Fred]

downside, 200hrs run time, and its roasted, at 8psi , unless
you drive like grandma:cool:

[Dave@DunnWright]

BDS!!!!!! Big, Bad and Loud. The pic is of my 1964 Dodge with BDS, 8-71 blower set-up with dual 850 cfm Holleys. If you underdrive it 15% and use a good aluminum radiator, mine is a Ron Davis, plus twin electric fand=s you should not have heating problems. There is absolutely nothing on the planet that sounds better than hearing the blower coming before you see the car.

[Fast Fred]

:cool: nice :eek: :cool:

[baja200merk]

Dont know much about this stuff but i know banks is awsome!

hey guys while we are on the subject wat can i do to my 78 pontiac Grand Prix its my firist car has a 301 v8 2 barrel (all stock) backed by a stock auto tranny wit over drive... has 114000mi on it runs good, only problem is when its below 35* it will stall when dropped in gear... any pointers?
thanks!
kevin:D
happy new year!

check this out!
http://bankspower.com/twin-turbo-products.cfm

[Rickracer]

The antitamper plugs will have to be removed if it hasn't been done yet. As far as performance, just maintain it and drive it while you look for a more suitable candidate for hopping up. Always keep a "driver or beater" rather than relying on your hotrod for daily transportation. :cool:

[baja200merk]

The antitamper plugs will have to be removed if it hasn't been done yet. As far as performance, just maintain it and drive it while you look for a more suitable candidate for hopping up. Always keep a "driver or beater" rather than relying on your hotrod for daily transportation. :cool:
good point!
its just gettin a system then when dad goes for his new hd f350 in the summer ill pay his 97 f350 off :D
thanks
kevin