Vertigoomg,
Here's how I did it.
Top end,
D7 HEAD/milled .070, SS valves, 1.75 intake, 1.50 exhaust, ported n polished, exhaust port divider, ARP head studs. FelPro composit gasket. Got the head complete from mraley.
Mounted a Holley 350. Used .500 aluminum plate milled to match carb riser on head. Milled a funnel shape in it to match the carb hole and attached it with the original carb plate mounting holes. I didn't mill off the carb riser because I didn't want to alter the head in case I wanted to go back to a one barrel or resell the head for someone else's project. Made my own adaptor instead of Cliffords funnel to keep from having hood clearance issues.
268/274 110* cam, double roller timing chain. Adjustable rocker from a early 170ci solid lifter engine.
Bottom end,
Align hone mains.
Zero deck block.
Forged pistons (not necessary)
Balanced assembly
ARP rod/main bolts
Clevite bearings.
Ignition
New Duraspark 2
MSD 6A
Accel 8mm wires
Split Fire plugs gapped at .050
Blue Spark cap, spacer, rotor
p.s. If I were building it now I would wait for FSSP's DUI.
This build made plenty of power by itself. With the stock 7.25 rear with 3.20 ratio and a 4 cylinder T-5.
I added an Eaton M90 with mixed results. It was wild when it worked but it threw belts at high rpm and I blew a head gasket. I blew the motor once too but that was the builders fault.
I didn't have power brakes so I can't tell you if there was enough vaccum to run them with the blower or not.
Since I like to drive this car as much as possible I didn't keep the blower on, but I miss the power it added.
With the blower I think the car would probably run low 14's high 13's in the quarter. Without it 15's maybe high 14's, but I never actually ran it at the track. Lots of stoplight racing thou.
I didn't have any problems with detonation with the blower. I ran premium pump gas. I plugged the vaccum advance on the distro and set it between 10* BTDC and 14* BTDC. Worked good for me. I did use an intercooler.
Without the blower I ran low grade pump gas with the vaccum advance hooked up and initial set at 12* BTDC. No problem with detonation.
Hope this gives you some ideas. Have fun,
Bob
