Re: under hood blower clearance

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Not only should you run a scoop, but you should not have the air enter 
straight into the butterflies as this will hurt you more than help. You're 
gonna have forced induction regardless, so you'd probably be happier with 
cowl induction. Your engine will stay cleaner, and you can even drive in the 
rain if you have to.

Dave Casey

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From: "Robert neal zimmerman" <northwestweirdo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: under hood blower clearance


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> I have run in to an interesting problem today.
>   I pulled the top of my 440 off in  the 64 polara, and gave a trial
>   fitting of the blower and injector setup. The problem is that
>   apparently I have  TOO MUCH hood clearance, exactly the opposite of
>   what i thought I would encounter. I thought the blower would be
>   sticking halfway thru the hood, but its all under the hood line. The
>   hood line actually cuts about  1/3 of the way up the injector scoop
>   right in the middle of the butterflies. Not very ideal for airflow. I
>   might actually have to fashion a spacer between the blower and the
>   injector to bring it up clearly in to the airstream.
>   Dont ask me how it all fits under there.I couldnt believe it,
>   actually wondered if something was wrong, like  somebody had jerry
>   rigged the motor in and got it too low.
>   And if i use a later  K frame that will move the motor back another 1
>   1/2 inches which will effectively  move the hoodline even farther up
>   over the butterflies considering the hood has a slight rise moving
>   rearwards.
>   Nonetheless it looks all incredibly vicious, an  8-71 blower is very
>   big in person, looks like a 440 with a big watermelon sitting on it.
>   gonna have to run a hood scoop over the whole setup, I dont think i
>   have enough self esteem to drive a car down the road with a big shiny
>   thing sticking thru the hood.
>   Neal Zimmerman, Eugene Oregon
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