Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
Hi, thanks for your reply. When I purchased my bucket there was a set of Western wheels that look just like that on it, and I think they were made in the USA. The other question I forgot to ask is, can you tell us a wee bit about how the engine runs etc with the dummy blower as a carb spacer, any problems etc?? I would like to put one of those small B&M street blowers with my triple 2's on top on my bucket. I got room for V type belts but I not after that blower whine more the look and ,heck something else to polish all the time.
I pulled rotors and used only the case. fabricated plates for ends, top and bottom. It actually has an insert down the center, sealed on top and bottom.
I discovered a piece of 4" steel square post, the type used for supports in construction and signs, which has more rounded corners than 4 x 4 box steel, is exactly the same inside dia. as a holly square bore gasket. The blower mounts on top of a std edlebrock performer manifold that i got off ebay for $15. Originally I was going to angle cut a spacer to go underneath blower. This would have mounted the blower parallel to block deck, and then I was going to make a dummy v-belt drive. I still may at some point. So esentially I have a square bore carb spacer. The blower housing is just window dressing. I was originally going to run 3 duces using a vintage speed 3 2bbl to 4bbl adaptor, but felt that since this was longer than blower it wouldn't look right. But that was just my opinion on the look. I have seen 8 2bbl's on top of blower and all those carbs look pretty cool. I assume if the housing was sealed up properly with no vac leaks it would work similar to a tunnel ram, although I am sure flow would not be as good. I was more worried of all the potential leaks than anything else. So I came up with the insert. I ran into a guy at the drags last weekend that has either a 4-71 or 6-71 in which he is hiding his alternator inside. I have to see the inside of this as I haven't figured out in my mind how he is routing the fuel mixture thru that. Hot Rodders are very creative.