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Old 03-08-2006, 01:06 PM
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you can go a couple of different ways with this.

you can go the roots style blower (like in Mad Max), quite common. drawback is that they sit pretty high and will probably require you to cut a hole in the hood and have it sticking out.

You can also go the B&M/Eaton style blower route. same type as they use on modern production cars like the Thunderbird SC, Ford GT, Pontiac Bonnyville. sits lower than the roots style, so might fit under the hood.

the third option is the Paxton style belt driven centrifugal blower. very popular with the Mustang crowd as they sit in front of the engine and blow thru the carb. easier to fit under the hood. Doubt if they make a kit specifically for a 390, but easy to modify an exisitng kit to fit your engine.

all these options are not cheap. Looking at probably $3k to 5k for a complete set-up, plus you will need to replace the pistons with lower compression ones (or really limit the boost of the blower) to work properly.
do a search for B&M products on the internet, as they are one of the bigger manufactures of blowers.
you can also search ebay for used ones.

rgds
Mike