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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 10:30 PM
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Greetings,

Does anyone here have a 79 with a supercharger? I've heard that Procharger makes one that will fit under the hood, but couldn't find the application listed on their Website.

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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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I don't have one, but here is a bump. I'm gonna watch this thread really close.
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 02:11 AM
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I went on their site and ordered their free list of carburated superchargers (two books and a single paper they also send). They have a few that would seem to work just fine. Only problem I see is where to fit the supercharger under the hood of my 80 since its nice and cramped but it looks like it would fit.
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:20 AM
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This was discussed on here a few years ago, if I remember correctly it can't be done with a stock hood. Let me go do some research...
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:49 AM
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I assumed you meant the kind that hangs on the end of the engine like an alternator or ac unit, not the kind that sits on top of the engine. Come on guys, show us your C3s with superchargers.
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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I was looking at a guy on here's install a while back (he said he fit it under the stock hood). It was indeed under the stock hood, but he had cut the supports on the underside of the hood. There was no way the hood was going to survive in one peice for long.

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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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Do a search for Big_G, he installed one on his
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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i saw this unit on a c3 , cant remember where though. but it fit under the cowl hood.

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SuperJames has s supercharged LS1 in a '72. It appears to fit under the hood with minimal modification. Of course, that is injected rather than carburated.
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one guy has a whipple on his sbc... VERY NICE
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I tried looking on cardomain.com as I know there was a guy on there that had a 1968-1972 corvette with a centrifugal supercharger(vortech or procharger) but that website has a very crappy search engine and I wasn't able to locate the car.
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