Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
SNKEBIT, please chime in again about the intercooler. I value all the input I can get. We've got ZERO personal experience with superchargers and intercoolers. We're read books and articles, watched videos, searched the web, etc. I have been hoping that we've made correct choices most of the time, but this will be the first supercharged engine we've built. Intercooler advice from someone that isn't trying to sell you something is hard to come by.
I have been led to believe that dropping a blower onto an engine is a fairly simple undertaking. We've sought recommendations for cam selection from Competition Cams and the pistons are what Ross said would be best. We chose the 400 block as a starting point because we'd heard that it would be the strongest big cubed option. The components of the stroker kit are all forged and we've gotten the billet aluminum main caps. It's been a few years since we purchased those components so I don't recall all of the specs off the top of my head.
Not all of the components were chosen to maximize horsepower. The original main goal was to make sure that all of the components were as strong as possible even if it sacrificed power. Now my son is re-thinking some of those choices. The Comp Cams chromemoly rocker assembly may get replaced with a lighter setup from Harland Sharp. The flat tappet cam will probably be swapped for a roller. My son is even considering not using the Edelbrock heads. I'd spent hours port matching and smoothing the ports and combustion chambers.
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SNKEBIT, please chime in again about the intercooler. I value all the input I can get. We've got ZERO personal experience with superchargers and intercoolers. We're read books and articles, watched videos, searched the web, etc. I have been hoping that we've made correct choices most of the time, but this will be the first supercharged engine we've built. Intercooler advice from someone that isn't trying to sell you something is hard to come by.
I have been led to believe that dropping a blower onto an engine is a fairly simple undertaking. We've sought recommendations for cam selection from Competition Cams and the pistons are what Ross said would be best. We chose the 400 block as a starting point because we'd heard that it would be the strongest big cubed option. The components of the stroker kit are all forged and we've gotten the billet aluminum main caps. It's been a few years since we purchased those components so I don't recall all of the specs off the top of my head.
Not all of the components were chosen to maximize horsepower. The original main goal was to make sure that all of the components were as strong as possible even if it sacrificed power. Now my son is re-thinking some of those choices. The Comp Cams chromemoly rocker assembly may get replaced with a lighter setup from Harland Sharp. The flat tappet cam will probably be swapped for a roller. My son is even considering not using the Edelbrock heads. I'd spent hours port matching and smoothing the ports and combustion chambers.
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