I believe Karol Miller used a Latham supercharger on the beach in Daytona, but those must be even scarcer than the cragars.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Chuck, you most likely can sell the Mac for enough to buy a new one of them. I really like the way that looks and you are right it would look good in that Mopar or a certain Falcon that I know of!

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Geez Ted how can I get rid of Randy so I can have his blower? That really looks great and would look better under the hood of the 28 roadster. I'll trade a complete McCullouch for it.

Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Hey Bill old buddy, How's about I send you my address and you send me your manifold and I'll  make sure It will fit on y-blocks up north?

A thousand thank you's to all that posted. Ted and Bill thanks for the pics thats a great help. Well I guess we will see how much time I have this winter and how clever I can be.

                                                                                                               Stan others have pointed out the damper answer, ted has it sorted out. yes the cragar blower intakes are rare and myself and scotty have one. They are easy to make, i got offy tripower intake and milled top off and screwed plate to top, welded inside rectangular opening, same size as blower gasket then machined it flat.  will post pic tommorrow.[/quote]

I just used offy tripower as they are more common, ports are small but can be opened up, as its only a street setup is ok. May just give you idea between teds and mine to get started. regards bill.

yyy

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

WOW!! I am liking that setup Ted, I would have a hard time removing it in favor of the blow thru system.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Here are pictures of a Fenton 2X4 intake that’s been modified to accommodate a Roots style of blower.  This is Chuck’s engine which is going to be broken in using this blower setup before switching it over to a blow through centrifugal blower setup.

 

 

 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Although ATI does make a Y specific SFI approved damper, the pricing on that particular damper got way out of hand.  As a result, Innovators West now offers a SFI approved damper specific to the Y engines at about half the price of the ATI unit.  While the ATI damper uses the three bolt scrub pulley pattern, the IW damper uses the SBF four bolt pulley pattern.  Both of these dampers still have the belt pulley sitting ~1/2” further forward than the factory damper which necessitates relocating any accessory drives that are belt driven (water pump, alternator, etc.) off of the damper.  Here’s the links to some past threads regarding aftermarket dampers.

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic38818.aspx
http://forums.y-blocksforever.com//Topic35766.aspx
http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic19528.aspx

But back to the retrofitting a scrub damper.  If the damper hole is honed just a few thousandts, then it fits the Y crankshaft.  Be sure to use honing equipment that accommodates holes with slots.   The next issue to take care of is the keyway size.  Easiest fix is to simply narrow the ¼” Y key so it’s 3/16” at its top so the scrub damper can slide over it.  Another option is to re-broach the damper itself so the 3/16” slot becomes ¼”.  Either process will require a new timing pointer or new timing  marks on the damper itself.  Another option is to make a new or fresh keyway slot in the damper so the TDC on the damper aligns with the Y timing tab.  Here’s a link showing the number of degrees to get the TDC mark aligned. And also add that a spacer must be fabricated that sandwiches itself between the damper and the crankshaft gear due to the shortness of the scrub damper.

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic21475.aspx 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Stan, Ted has the Dampers West dampers for a Y block, nice piece. But if you want to adapt the scrub damper it is pretty easy. Just hone it to fit the y crank and machine a spacer to take up the slack. You can cut the spacer from a old Y damper, of course you will have to remark the scrub damper for TDC. Ted used a sbc intake on Randys dragster engine, I think he has an artical on his web site detailing the install.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL