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By iowa fords - 14 Years Ago
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I am going to look at a 57 McCullough super charger tomorrow and would like to know how many parts should there to install on engine.
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By Rono - 14 Years Ago
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Tom; Adding a supercharger set-up is more complicated and expensive than you might think. The minimum parts to the supercharger set-up include the head unit with two piece pulley, the tensioner bracket, pulley and spring and the crank pulley. You also need many other parts of the system to be functional; air intake hose with filter, blower hose going to the "bonnet" that sits on top of the carb, boost referenced fuel pump, special modifications to the carb to allow for the "blow through", and the list goes on. I've been working on a set-up for quite a while using a modified VS57 head unit. There is a website you can ask more specific questions on the subject which is; www.vs57.com Good Luck! Rono
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By MoonShadow - 14 Years Ago
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Unfortunately VS57.com is gone. I dont think anyone every found out what happened to it. The hard to find things, in my experience, are the mounting bracket and the crank pulley. The other parts show up on EBAY now and then and there are a couple of suppliers with some parts. As far as the supercharger itself it should turn free and smooth but with some drag. If it spins easily or is super tight it most likely needs a rebuild. Even at that a rebuild may be a good idea. If you can, take pictures and post them here. Let us know what you find and the price before you commit. Many people think they are made of gold! Chuck
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By Rono - 14 Years Ago
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Chuck; I the the vs57 site morphed into this one; http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/131168.html#587. I have been following posts on it and it seems pretty active. Rono
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By MoonShadow - 14 Years Ago
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John Erb is one of the parts suppliers and rebuilders of the McCullouch superchargers. Nice guy to deal with and fair prices. Glad to see him active on a site. The old VS57.com had tons of pictures and information on the units including parts interchange etc. I wish that info could be made available again. Several of us offered to take over the site with no response. I heard it was for sale for mega bucks but that was a year or so back. Chuck
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By randyh - 14 Years Ago
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it looks like the VS57 site is now http://vs57.y-block.info/. It says sponsered by Rebop Castings. Those old photgraphs are great reference material for the Phase 1 I am redoing. You are right about some people thinking the parts are gold. There is an original AC 4442 fuel pump on ebay right now with a starting bid of $1200, no one has bit yet though. Randy
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By MoonShadow - 14 Years Ago
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I'll check it out. I knew Frank was in communication with the site owner and had asked about taking it over. The site is just too good to let it slip away. Chuck
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By pegleg - 14 Years Ago
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Chuck, Jim Moody posted on here several times a few years ago. He has allowed the site Name to return to public domain. Someone else ( internet sleazeball type) picked it up and was trying to sell it. i have been unable to contact Jim for three or four years now. I know he had gotten married and they have young children. I suspect that has taken precedence over the blower site.
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By MoonShadow - 14 Years Ago
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Good on ya Frank. Glad the site didn't disappear it has tons of valuable information for the McCullouch superchargers. Chuck
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By ecode ragtop - 14 Years Ago
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Iowa Ford, Just for your information, the 54 supercharger sets on tot of the waterpump ,not off to the side like a 57 does. I think I have a 54 style bracket hidden away somewhere. What town in Iowa are you close to?
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By iowa fords - 14 Years Ago
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I live in Burlington Iowa.
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By miker - 14 Years Ago
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Craig Conley at Paradise Wheels has been fair with me, and has a lot of older parts. I don't know that he has a site, but this link is contact info. If there's a vintage race going on, he'll be hard to catch up with around the weekend.
http://www.manta.com/c/mm09y96/paradise-wheels
A thread a while back here led to these guys, I don't know anything about them, but they show some parts.
http://rexhp.com/index.html
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By Missouri Mike - 14 Years Ago
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Craig Conley of Paradise Wheels has a new mailing address (still in the same town) but I think his phone number remained the same. And yes, very nice guy. The other site is Gord McMillan up in Canada who is heavy in to manufacturing and has been kind enoigh to send me a ton of great information. Missouri Mike Getting WAY too interested in blowers!!!!!!!
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