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Is there anyone around who's experienced in supercharging engines?
I'm wondering what kind of blueprinting I should do in order to be able to run a supercharged 289.
I found some info on the topic at the Holley website and they said it's necessary to get forged pistons, stainless steel pistonrings, heavy duty fasteners for connecting rods and main bearing caps and o-ringed head gaskets when running boost levels over 12 psi.
Besides that I need the valve seats machined in order to provide better cooling.
When I do all that and get the compression ratio down to 8:1 and ofcourse have the components checked for cracks, what kind of maximum boost can I think about? The blower I've seen can provides gears for up to 24 psi, but that's a bit much I think.
I'm going to (re)build the engine myself and can spend around $4500 on it and some more in the longer term...
Anyone ideas about this? (I'm not swapping for another engine, for I'm interested in blowing this one)
Thanks,
Matthijs
I'm wondering what kind of blueprinting I should do in order to be able to run a supercharged 289.
I found some info on the topic at the Holley website and they said it's necessary to get forged pistons, stainless steel pistonrings, heavy duty fasteners for connecting rods and main bearing caps and o-ringed head gaskets when running boost levels over 12 psi.
Besides that I need the valve seats machined in order to provide better cooling.
When I do all that and get the compression ratio down to 8:1 and ofcourse have the components checked for cracks, what kind of maximum boost can I think about? The blower I've seen can provides gears for up to 24 psi, but that's a bit much I think.
I'm going to (re)build the engine myself and can spend around $4500 on it and some more in the longer term...
Anyone ideas about this? (I'm not swapping for another engine, for I'm interested in blowing this one)
Thanks,
Matthijs