can I do this?
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1st Gear
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can I do this?
ok never owned a corvette and since i never had the money to even think about it i never learned much of them, but ive always admired them since i was a kid and thought of them as the most pure muscle cars u can get. im interested in buying this 1981 350 4 spd and i want to put the whole blower/butterfly assembly on it (excuse my lack of knowledge im no mechanic) where like, the butterfly intake thing is sticking out the hood lookin like a muscle car should look and going as fast as a muscle car shuld go (thats what i always pictured anyways) anyways basically my question is can it be done without alot of extensive "custom" work? i mean can u just bolt on a blower and the butterfly thing to the pully/carb and its as easy as 123 or what? someone walk me through how difficult it would really be if it is possible. like i said i have no mechanic experience my younger bro is a good mechanic and teaches me things here and there but i really know nothing about this. thanks
new to this forum too, appreciate your help fellas - kingkorrupt
new to this forum too, appreciate your help fellas - kingkorrupt
Melting Slicks
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From: North Bellmore Ny
St. Jude Donor '09
Thats a hard question to answer, Some low pressure blowers may not hurt the bottom half. I would give the company you contact the engine information and see if they recommend any that you would use.
Le Mans Master
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From: Boca Raton Florida
Basically to answer your question, NO, you can't do that easily or cheap.
Your talking about a specially built motor to handle a blower. A good blower will run well over 2k just for the blower. The motor work to make it work annother $3k or more. You will need suspension mods and tranny mods to handle the power that kind of motor can produce. Ohh, and be prepared to learn a LOT or pay someone a LOT to work on it.
All that said Yes you can do it, but it requires a lot of $$
Your talking about a specially built motor to handle a blower. A good blower will run well over 2k just for the blower. The motor work to make it work annother $3k or more. You will need suspension mods and tranny mods to handle the power that kind of motor can produce. Ohh, and be prepared to learn a LOT or pay someone a LOT to work on it.
All that said Yes you can do it, but it requires a lot of $$
Team Owner
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I don't know the compression ratio of an '81 but it has to be low. I'm thinking 8.5:1 maybe even lower. You could get a low pressure blower and underdrive it to keep from blowing the lower end all over the road but that defeats the purpose of having a blower motor. Like it is mentioned above all it takes is $$$. Another option is a tunnel ram. It will put the carbs high up in the air and stick out of the hood then you can put a scoop on it like you want. Same visual effect. Less money and it could be done with the '81's current motor without any lower end mods.
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Last edited by theandies; Apr 11, 2008 at 04:01 AM.
Racer
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From: Alexandria Va
ok never owned a corvette and since i never had the money to even think about it i never learned much of them, but ive always admired them since i was a kid and thought of them as the most pure muscle cars u can get. im interested in buying this 1981 350 4 spd and i want to put the whole blower/butterfly assembly on it (excuse my lack of knowledge im no mechanic) where like, the butterfly intake thing is sticking out the hood lookin like a muscle car should look and going as fast as a muscle car shuld go (thats what i always pictured anyways) anyways basically my question is can it be done without alot of extensive "custom" work? i mean can u just bolt on a blower and the butterfly thing to the pully/carb and its as easy as 123 or what? someone walk me through how difficult it would really be if it is possible. like i said i have no mechanic experience my younger bro is a good mechanic and teaches me things here and there but i really know nothing about this. thanks
new to this forum too, appreciate your help fellas - kingkorrupt
new to this forum too, appreciate your help fellas - kingkorrupt
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Thats true, you can rebuild what you have and breathe on it some for around $3k and end up in the neighborhood of 350hp
