southpier Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 TRJ #56 page #10 - Reed Jensen's A-V8. powered by 296 c.i. '48 Mercury flathead with 2 McCulloch centrifugal blowers! anyone suggest how this could be modeled? i know the resin companies have the blowers, mill & carburetors fairly straightforward, but how to go about making the snakepit of tubing? not the tubing itself, but rather where it starts & stops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Maybe a link would help everyone to see this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 not the tubing itself, but rather where it starts & stops. Without a pic my first thought is a couple of a couple of aluminum sleeves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 i tried to get a picture from TRJ website but no luck. and evidently my, or perhaps the owner's, google-foo is weak because a search there turned up nothing either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Just a guess, but the twin blowers/pulleys and belt assembly from the AMT Avanti kit ought to be a good start. http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/instruction_sheetsh/instruction_sheets/amt-12/amt-gran-turismo-av/file6.html Look at the optional version on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 the 2 blowers are mounted on top over each head. maybe i can scan & post the picture from the TRJ article. reading the rest of it, this is a quintessential example of the A-V8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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southpier Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) beautiful! i remember Almquist ads in my older cousin's hot rod books when i was a kid. so picture 2 of those blowers and the carbs mounted up over the oil filler up against the firewall. i gotta scan the picture..... Edited November 3, 2012 by southpier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) That's one bizarre induction system. Man. Sounds like a pressure-retard distributor (turbo Corvairs had them, among others...probably the turboed 215 Olds V8 unit would work...) might cure his detonation problem under boost. Edited November 4, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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