Advice for running a 671 on an FE Motor

[Faron]

Here is My Direct e-mail TotalPerfEntofPa@aol.com , ttyl

[RustyNCA]

Here is My Direct e-mail TotalPerfEntofPa@aol.com , ttyl

Thanks, sent you an email. 

And since I see people posting photos, this is the car I hope to do this with.

[jayb]

Nice!  Is that a '58?

[Heo]

Not often you see a blown squarebird
Nice combination

[RustyNCA]

Nice!  Is that a '58?

Yes, and from what was told, I am the third owner, the second owner gave her to me, for the price of "If you can get her out of my yard, she is yours".  She was all original when I started with her.  The paint is original, but sadly the body needs some love.

I did some work to her, then got distracted with our 29 Coupe, have that one about done, so now I am back playing with her. 

[sumfoo1]

I would love to do this to my '57 but all the early bird fans would flame the shit out of me.

they already hate i don't run spoked wheels on it.

[RustyNCA]

That is an awesome bird.  I already have an extra hood I grabbed off craigslist a few year back.  At the time my wife was wanting to know what I was going to do with it.  I was "I don't know, but for a hood and deck lid for $50 I don't care"

So if this does happen, I will be cutting up that $25 hood

[RustyNCA]

I know this goes way, back, but I finally got the blower delivered.  Come to find out it is a polished Hampton blower with a 2.5 spacer and what I think is a Blue Thunder manifold.  It also has the snout and idler pulley on it.  So I need to figure out what pulleys I want to run and get a crank hub and v grove pulleys. 

So, now I am starting the real job of getting this setup working in the car, so I am happy to hear comment and suggestions regarding this bad boy.

I also already had a Weiand W671 hat and a few Holley 94 carbs, so I set them on top of the blower to see what it would look like.

Cheers and thanks for any and all help
RustyNCA

[turbohunter]

That is really gonna be cool in that '58 Rusty.
I'm diggin' it.
Also like the chopped and channeled deal behind the blower.

[Nightmist66]

That will look pretty neat poking through the hood.

[RustyNCA]

That is really gonna be cool in that '58 Rusty.
I'm diggin' it.
Also like the chopped and channeled deal behind the blower.

Thanks Marc, the car in the background is my slightly chopped  29 Coupe running a SBC 400 motor with 6x2 Stromberg 97 setup, so running multi carbs isn't a new deal for me.  I think most of my buddies expect me to run the blower in the Coupe, but I think she is fine the way she is.  I'm pretty sure I haven't seen a blown 58 TBird running around lately so I'm going to go that route.  Does anyone know, if I get a crank hub for a 390 and then build up a Mercury 410 as a specific blower motor, will the same crank hub work on the 410?  I believe the 390 is internally balanced, but I don't know on the 410.   

I need to track down a stall converter for the C6 I need to swap into her and I will need to chase down a better center for the 9" for her also.  Talked with Don Hampton today, what a nice guy.

Cheers
RustyNCA

[turbohunter]

Sweet Rusty
I'm sure Jay and some of the other guys will chime in on blower stuff.
If you are familiar with the other FE forum there is a gentleman that posts there with the handle of TommyT. He is running a 6-71 on his FE  mustang and is also a T bird guy.
Here's a thread post and his mustang.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182/message/1439664178/Exist+indeed%21

[cjshaker]

....29 Coupe running a SBC 400 motor....

I'll ignore that statement and pretend you said a flathead

Tommy is also a member here, so maybe he'll jump in and tell ya about his "junk", as he calls it.

That '58 is my favorite year of 'Bird. That thing will look awesome with a big blower sticking out of the hood. Some thin white wall tires would really give it that retro look with the 94's on top! The only other thing you'll need is a passenger, so you have somebody to tell you what's on the other side of that mountain!

[RustyNCA]

....29 Coupe running a SBC 400 motor....

I'll ignore that statement and pretend you said a flathead

Tommy is also a member here, so maybe he'll jump in and tell ya about his "junk", as he calls it.

That '58 is my favorite year of 'Bird. That thing will look awesome with a big blower sticking out of the hood. Some thin white wall tires would really give it that retro look with the 94's on top! The only other thing you'll need is a passenger, so you have somebody to tell you what's on the other side of that mountain!

Yeah, I figured the SBC wouldn't go well..... When I bought her as a roller it had a 350 Tri Power motor in it.  I stumbled across this 400 from a wrecked short track race car, so she performs pretty good.

Good news I found out from talking with Don Hampton that I can run the distributor I already have.

[Joe-JDC]

That is really gonna be cool in that '58 Rusty.
I'm diggin' it.
Also like the chopped and channeled deal behind the blower.

Thanks Marc, the car in the background is my slightly chopped  29 Coupe running a SBC 400 motor with 6x2 Stromberg 97 setup, so running multi carbs isn't a new deal for me.  I think most of my buddies expect me to run the blower in the Coupe, but I think she is fine the way she is.  I'm pretty sure I haven't seen a blown 58 TBird running around lately so I'm going to go that route.  Does anyone know, if I get a crank hub for a 390 and then build up a Mercury 410 as a specif




blower motor, will the same crank hub work on the 410?  I believe the 390 is internally balanced, but I don't know on the 410.   

I need to track down a stall converter for the C6 I need to swap into her and I will need to chase down a better center for the 9" for her also.  Talked with Don Hampton today, what a nice guy.

Cheers
RustyNCA

The 410 uses an externally balanced flexplate.  The front accessories are the same as the 390.  Joe-JDC