Ivan_B Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 Is that a turbo? I just used 1/4 tank of gas on a relatively short trip around town, with the OEM setup, so I think I'll pass 😅 Quote
Loren Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 From my view point it's a Hudson Hornet with twin H-Power intake manifold and two Graham/Kaiser centrifugal superchargers. Not sure how the carburetors work in the blow through configuration ( The Graham/Kaiser supercharger was made for suck through carbs mounted on the blower itself ). In the Graham/Kaiser they used the Continental 225 6 cylinder that could be found in forklifts ( and other cars ) that didn't have Chrysler engines. I am guessing the blower was driven from the camshaft side using the gear driven cam where the hydraulic pump was in a forklift. Here's a photo showing the Chrysler version of the cam drive. Of course that requires a reverse rotation cam and a different oil pump gear. Back in the early 1960s you could buy those blowers at swap meets for $5. lol But then that was a lot of money. Quote
greg g Posted March 27 Author Report Posted March 27 I wondered about the blow through as well. It seems the G P blower was good for 116hp, over the 85 with no blower. Could been a hoot in a relatively light coupe. Especially for the mid 1930s. Bet the 0 to 60 was in the 15 second range. Quote
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