first ride in a supercharged vehicle

[Pilch]

and no it wasn't a Ford.

A guy at work today brought in his '55 Chev to show off to the car enthusiasts in at work. Very tidy show car with all the usuals like dropped on it's guts, custom interior, mint chrome and paint and all that jazz.

what impressed me the most though..... the motor!!! 350 chev with 400 crank, fuel injection, electronic ignition, and a supercharger running about 8 pound boost (capable of 15!!!) all through manual shift :voldar02:

this old girl was very street drivable under 2500rpm, and seemed nothing out of the ordinary except for the constant whir from the supercharger. Once the revs climbed over that 2500rpm mark though, HOLY SH!T it just kicks you back hard in the seat, front end lifts up so the road isn't even visible from in the cabin, wheels let out an almighty screeeech, and the whole chassis strains under the load as the engine roars to life and kicks the car side ways and seems to have a mind of it's own :

a couple of other nice little things which I didn't get to see in action:
- NOS, by geez this has great potential down the 1/4 for such a big car
- Flame Throwers. yep, you heard right, flame throwers. it's setup so the A/F ratio is richened up a heap and has spark plugs about 4 inches away from the end of exhaust tips, seperate coils to fire the spark.

I've got to get a sunday driver and get me some serious power on day, derived from a Ford powerplant of course!!!

now have to get this other bloke to bring the '72 Aston Martin quad cam all alloy V8 in for show and tell :