1969 Chevy Chevelle turbo/super charging

1969 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE
60,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • MANUAL
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JSOHN
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I am 16 and have worked on cars my whole life so i am relativly familiar with them. I have totally rebuilt and miced engines. I have an old chevelle. Is there any way to install a supercharger or supercharger (or any other kind of forced induction) in the chevelle? It has a 4 barrel carb. I have installed turbos on fuel injected cars but i dont know how to do it to a car with a carberator. When i looked it up online i kept getting reffered to something called a "tophat". What is this? Thanks,
Josh
May 28, 2010 at 7:29 PM
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HMAC300
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your whole life huh, lol. a top hat is the piece that goes over the carb so the forced induction will work..... But you had better make sure your compression ratio is below 9.0 o ryou will have all kinds of trouble , like blowing headgaskets/rods, etc. Look around for kits that are made for a small block or big block chevy whatever engine it is you are working on. You will probably end up putting a universal kit on though......good luck.
Jun 10, 2010 at 2:09 PM