blower on a flathead

Suppose I wanted to put a blower on my flathead. What is the best way to build a flathead to accomadate a blower.???

 

Buy Joe Abbins' book.

 

Yes... what Dale said. Then go to the bank while waiting for the book to arrive.

 

I have Joe's book
And i have build my own manifold and the blower drive



My blower drive is something like his kit with multirib belt

/Stefan

 

A friend of mine put a blower on his.He said it is a lot harder on head gaskets.Gotta pay particular attention here.

 

I used Joes Roadrunner Engineering Blower on a deuce roadster I built several years ago. Just a 8BA 276 with mild cam, Ross pistons, 7.5 compression and between 4 & 5 lbs of boost. 5 speed with 3.89 gears and 7.00/16 tires. I could break them loose in the lower gears any time I wanted to. Used an electric fan with one of my 409 waterpump kits and never had any problems.

 

http://roadrunnerengineering.com

 

You don't say what type block your flattie is. I installed one of Joe's kits in March of 2003...some of the best money I ever spent. First off your compression ratio needs to lower so if your heads are stock milled or aftermarket high compression heads the will probably require a change. If you stay under 5-6 #'s of boost you may not need to install any additional crank main supports. You will need a dizzy other than the stock load-a-matic on the 1949 thru 1953 engines or use the Ford '42 thru '48 dizzy with total advance to not exceed 20 degrees. You aso don't mention your cam. I run a 400JR. in mine.

Jim

 

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