How to Build Supercharged and Tubocharged Small-Block Fords

by McClurg, Bob

• ISBN13: 9781884089961
• ISBN10: 1884089968
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Cartech Inc

Summary

The supercharger and turbocharger in their various forms and applications have both been around for well over a century. What makes them so popular? Looks, power, performance, sound, and status. And how do they relate to, and improve upon, the performance level of a small-block Ford pushrod V-8 engine like a 289-302, a 351-Windsor, a Ford 351-Cleveland, or even the latest generation 4.6L/5.4L "modular" small-block V-8 engines? That's EXACTLY what this book is all about! While Ford dabbled in supercharging and turbocharging on production cars all the way back in 1957 with the legendary Thunderbird, and then again with Shelbys and over-the-counter kits, and then again in the late '70s and early '80s with turbocharging 4- cylinder applications in Mustangs and SHOs, the real revolution in supercharging and turbocharging Ford products has come through the aftermarket in more recent times. The Fox Mustang, created in 1979, and the platform that would eventually feature fuel injection in 1986, allowing much more boost, created a genre of lightning-quick and affordable performance cars.

Table of Contents

About the Author	4	(1)
Introduction	5	(5)
Acknowledgments	10	(1)
General Considerations for Supercharged Engines	11	(9)
Intake Airflow	11	(2)
Fuel System	13	(1)
Ignition Upgrades	14	(1)
Charge Cooling	15	(1)
Exhaust Airflow and Temperature	16	(1)
Under-hood Temperature Considerations	16	(3)
Cooling System Upgrades	19	(1)
Roots Superchargers	20	(18)
Adiabatic Efficiency	21	(1)
Operational Levels	22	(1)
Mini-Blowers	22	(1)
Unraveling Street Supercharger Mysteries	23	(1)
The State of the Street Supercharger Industry	23	(15)
Centrifugal Superchargers	38	(58)
The Paxton Reciprocating-Ball Drive	41	(2)
The New Kids on the Block	43	(3)
Is it Paxton, or is it Paxtons?	46	(1)
The State of the Centrifugal Supercharger Industry	47	(10)
Building a Parton-Supercharged 289	57	(10)
Installing a Paxton Novi 1000 on a 4.6L Mustang GT	67	(6)
Building an AF-Ford-able 408-ci Renegade Windsor V-8	73	(17)
Paradise Paxton Twin SN-60 Supercharger Installation	90	(6)
Eaton/Magnuson Superchargers	96	(13)
The Eaton/Ford Alliance	103	(4)
Private Label Eaton/Magnuson Supercharger Systems	107	(2)
Twin-Screw Blowers	109	(15)
Other Twin-Screw Superchargers	115	(1)
Twin-Screw Supercharging a Classic	116	(8)
Tuning for Boost	124	(6)
Compression Ratios and Supercharging	124	(1)
Blower Cams	125	(1)
Carburetors Versus Fuel Injection	126	(2)
Throttle Bodies	128	(1)
Ignition Systems	129	(1)
Introduction to Turbocharging	130	(1)
Turbo Kits and Components	131	(1)
Choosing a Turbo	132	(4)
Wastegates & Intercoolers	136	(1)
The Street Turbo Kit Market	137	(1)
The Hellion Mod-Motor Turbo Mustang	138