RE: ON-Demand supercharges

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- "Mac @ TRIAD" <mac@domain.elided> wrote:
> ## >> The last V8 in Mad Max's Interceptor had a
> disengageable blower.  :)
> 
> the "supercharger" used in the car featured in the
> Mad Max and Road Warrior
> movies was a mock-up.  it's an older Weiand 671
> housing with the guts ripped
> out sitting on top of an otherwise-stock
> Aussie-variant Ford 351 (probably a
> C).  inside the blower housing sat a standard
> 4-barrel carburetor on a stock
> GT intake.  the belt and gears to the front of the
> blower housing were for
> show only.
> 
> here's a direct quote from one of the
> "semi-official" Mad Max websites
> (madmaxmovies.com):
> 
> "The supercharger was empty and the carburettor sat
> inside. A small water
> pump was attached to the front of the supercharger
> to hold the drive wheel,
> this also moved the supercharger belt forward to
> clear the standard 351
> water pump assembly, and the distributor has a 90
> degree elbow to allow it
> to clear the supercharger. The supercharger belt is
> driven by an electric
> motor which is hidden by a yellow bucket in the
> garage scene in MM1. Weiand
> never had a supercharger that could be activated and
> deactivated. Even with
> huge compression it would be tough to generate
> 600bhp on a 351 in 1974
> without rebuilding it once every couple of hundred
> miles"
> 
> the car itself is a 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon Coupe, a
> car exclusive to
> Australia (and one neat-looking monster, too).  it
> uses a number of minor
> modifications and add-ons, most notable the custom
> aftermarket front end
> (called a Concorde, originally designed as a
> showpiece, used for this car,
> and later made publicly available).
> 
> IH content:  somewhere out there is a fellow with a
> really nice maroon Scout
> II, powered by a 392.  the guy had a custom intake
> fabricated for a
> roots-style supercharger of the 671 type mentioned
> above.  it's a really
> awesome looking rig, and the guy (i exchanged
> e-mails with him a few times
> when i found his site) said that it performed really
> well.  this is way out
> of my league (for many many reasons) but maybe Tom M
> would be interested?
> <wicked grin>
 
Mac, there was a guy at nats in 01 with a black &
white(i believe) Scout II with a big blower on a
custom intake on a 345 . Somewhere I have pictures of
it. He said it ran pretty good, and didn't give him
too much trouble. 
Mark

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