Thread: Making A Small Block 350 As Fast As It Can Be

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Erik, I went back to an old post from when I joined the Forum and found it was still there but condensed to only active members as of now and edited quite a bit with three pages repeated so it looks like the comments from Streets are gone due to a combination of his departure, and changeover of the Forum software. Nevertheless, Streets claimed he once had a T-bucket with a 350 that had a huffer on it with an airconditioning clutch on the blower pulley and he could turn it off and on. The discussion was about mpg and he claimed he could run a 2.73 rear gear with the huffer on for traffic light fun and then turn it off for highway use. He mentioned this several times in posts so there is a good chance he actually solved this problem and got it to work. Probably he is on some other site but I do not know how to reach him to check on this. Anyway I need to work on the car today since this is the end of Summer for me and the Fall schedule will have less time for the car so I need to work on it NOW! Saturday I will go to the Richmond NSRA National at the RIR Fairgraounds which is only a few miles from where I live and yesterday and today has seen a parade of rods coming in on I-95 (300 yards from my home) and I-64 and here I am with only a garage car. I hope I can make to the Richmond National next year with a running car. Does this Forum have any representative or contact person at such NSRA events?

Note in edit mode: Erik I read you post after I submitted mine. Yes, you have pointed out the main problem as how to get the engine to breath when the blower clutch is not engaged. I am already gettirng weary of this idea due to it's difficulty but since one might only want to run a 6 psi boost or even as low as 4 psi, maybe the blower case could be "over-clearanced" so it would leak better when the rotors are not turning but still provide some boost when the clutch is engaged. Still it would be a gamble to possibly waste a $2500 blower case.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder