I found an excellent interim motor for my 55 (a remanufactured 292 with G heads and hi ratio rockers - a C2AE block), and will put that in my car while I am building up a motor that will take a supercharger. Maybe there should be a supercharger section or a "hi-po" section for these kind of questions, but I guess they fall under technical. If there are already posts on the old forum, or on this new one, let me know...

Swap meet season is just about upon us here in the eastern US. What kind of carb should I be looking for and should I just go ahead and try to "rig" a regular teapot? What items are currently being fabricated and sold on the market that are Y block specific? Should I stick with the VR57 only and not consider any other of the 50's and 60's type centrifugal blowers? I also understand that I should keep compression down to around 8:1? I got a 2 groove crank pulley the other day that is in excellent shape -- are all of these the same offsets when it comes to attaching/setting up a supercharger and/or power steering or a/c?

Dan

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com