Vortech blown 360 dyno day
This was a long, uphill battle for me, as I fell ill in July and spent three months in the hospital getting skin grafts done on my left lower leg, so that slowed me down somewhat.
One of the most daunting things about this project was that I had to make the mounting plate for the supercharger. Vortech doesn't have a "kit" for an A-Body car, but they DO have a kit for a Magnum-powered Dakota pickup. The problem with that setup is that it mounts the blower up high on the engine (as best as I could tell from pictures) which I was afraid my hood line would not allow without a tall scoop.
I didn't want a hood scoop if I could avoid it, so I bought some half-inch aluminum plate (356-T-6) and made a plate that would mount the blower on the driver's side of the engine, over where the battery used to be. Moved it to the trunk.
When I made this plate (band-sawed it out of a large piece of plate material), I ended up with enough plate material left over for two more.
I took the plate material and the one I'd just sawed out, to a machine shop that has a water/media cutter and had them cut out two more mounting plates. (See attached picture.) I sold one to somebody who thinks they want to try this forced induction setup and had decided that the way I did it might work for them.
I don't need but one, so if anybody thinks they want to Vortech supercharge a 318 or 360 Magnum in an A-Body, I'll sell the other one for; $100.00.... about what I have in it.
I AM NOT RECOMMENDING THAT ANYBODY SUPERCHARGE THEIR ENGINE!!!
Not at all... It's tons of work and expense, and the learning curve is steep.
However, there are still people who enjoy a challenge, and this one-off mounting plate will get whoever uses it, over a rough spot....
All I can provide is the plate; the standoffs are 81 mm long and could be easily made out of thick-walled pipe, although I used 1" aluminum rod, bored through the middle, longitudinally. The plate mounts to the accessory holes in the front of Magnum heads and to the top of the water pump housing (I think). I'll try to find a better picture of that and post it here.
Just thought I'd post that for anyone who might be interested.
This was a long, uphill battle for me, as I fell ill in July and spent three months in the hospital getting skin grafts done on my left lower leg, so that slowed me down somewhat.
One of the most daunting things about this project was that I had to make the mounting plate for the supercharger. Vortech doesn't have a "kit" for an A-Body car, but they DO have a kit for a Magnum-powered Dakota pickup. The problem with that setup is that it mounts the blower up high on the engine (as best as I could tell from pictures) which I was afraid my hood line would not allow without a tall scoop.
I didn't want a hood scoop if I could avoid it, so I bought some half-inch aluminum plate (356-T-6) and made a plate that would mount the blower on the driver's side of the engine, over where the battery used to be. Moved it to the trunk.
When I made this plate (band-sawed it out of a large piece of plate material), I ended up with enough plate material left over for two more.
I took the plate material and the one I'd just sawed out, to a machine shop that has a water/media cutter and had them cut out two more mounting plates. (See attached picture.) I sold one to somebody who thinks they want to try this forced induction setup and had decided that the way I did it might work for them.
I don't need but one, so if anybody thinks they want to Vortech supercharge a 318 or 360 Magnum in an A-Body, I'll sell the other one for; $100.00.... about what I have in it.
I AM NOT RECOMMENDING THAT ANYBODY SUPERCHARGE THEIR ENGINE!!!
Not at all... It's tons of work and expense, and the learning curve is steep.
However, there are still people who enjoy a challenge, and this one-off mounting plate will get whoever uses it, over a rough spot....
All I can provide is the plate; the standoffs are 81 mm long and could be easily made out of thick-walled pipe, although I used 1" aluminum rod, bored through the middle, longitudinally. The plate mounts to the accessory holes in the front of Magnum heads and to the top of the water pump housing (I think). I'll try to find a better picture of that and post it here.
Just thought I'd post that for anyone who might be interested.