Came across an Australian company, while cruising through SAMBA, that sells superchargers for 1600 to 1800 engines.
Their photo album had a photo of one of their superchargers installed in a 356 replica.
Site (gotta love that Ausse humor): http://joeblow.me/
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Certainly an interesting read....
That's just too cool. My mind is spinning with possibilities.
Darn. I have too many cc's.
Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Nowhere, USA posted:That's just too cool. My mind is spinning with possibilities.
Yeah, you could put one on each cylinder bank. 
No, seriously-- this is something a corn-fed returning Korean War fly-boy might have done in the 60s. The whole thing isn't about the power (his dyno chart doesn't have it breaking 100 hp), it's about the "cool". A turbo is way more efficient, but the plumbing on one looks very "modern". The plumbing on this thing looks very rudimentary, in a well-executed way.
If I was starting over, I'd look pretty hard at building a stout 8-ish:1 1776 and bolting one of these bad-boys on it. A nice Vintage Speed or Sidewinder exhaust, a side-draft Dellorto, a cast-iron Bosch distributor, and you'd be the coolest dude at the show.
I'm going to look at a fiberglass dune buggy this week. The buggy has a stock dual port engine in it. Wouldn't this supercharger be a perfect addition? 
I built this some years ago with a 1915cc and that was more than enough .... With a Super Charger .....you'll shoot your eye out :~) 
Alan, I wish those pics where bigger.
How much lighter is a buggy compared to a speedster? I always thought they'd be close to the same.
crhemi (Bill) poboiinhawaii posted:Alan, I wish those pics where bigger.
How much lighter is a buggy compared to a speedster? I always thought they'd be close to the same.
A fiberglass buggy can come in at 13-1400 lbs, Bill, so easily 400 lbs lighter than a Speedster.
This page here says any engine under 3 liters...
AMR500 supercharger is a Subaru part. That alone should be disqualifying....
I'm with Stan. This looks like too much fun.
That buggy weight 1,140 lbs.
Looks like a really nice buggy.
I built it as a show & drive , it went to CT and haven't seen it since.
............The someone said "go big" and this was a fun build :~)
edsnova posted:AMR500 supercharger is a Subaru part. That alone should be disqualifying....
I'm with Stan. This looks like too much fun.
And I've got three extra Soob intake manifolds on hand. I once made a Harley Zenith carb work as well as a Holley 2300 just to prove a point years ago on a Corvair engine. Lower pic of three. The point being, the sidedraft Zenith carb is tiny and could easily be mounted beside the blower....ooooh !
edsnova posted:AMR500 supercharger is a Subaru part. That alone should be disqualifying....
I'm with Stan. This looks like too much fun.
I know, right?!?
Hmmm...
I've yet to finalize my engine...
Love things that are functional and art at the same time. Beautiful.
I could see a 2332 with two of them on it, one over each head.
Or cooler yet maybe: two of those tiny AMR300s mounted low on a 1915 or 2110, with a Weber 44 on top of each one.
Or, Hell! Put two of them on a Suby 2.5 and carb it Ultra Stroud style, with Big Webers.
There is no end to the potential silliness...
Like this?
Alan, that's a great looking buggy. 
I still haven't been able to go look at the dune buggy. It's a 2 hour drive each way and there doesn't seem to be an end to this snow and cold weather........AND IT'S NOT EVEN WINTER YET!
I wonder how the price of this supercharger kit would compare to the build price of a larger non-boosted engine.
I read (somewhere on the internet) that it's not hard to get 80 (wheel) horsepower (around 95 hp at the crank) with this supercharger on a total stock 1600. That would probably be around the same hp as a mild 1914cc.
The only addition they recommend is a full flow filter and external oil cooler.
The price is $2700 (AUS) for the full kit (called the half kit for some reason).
That's $2023 US and $2655 CAN + shipping.
Yes. That's it exactly.
