i like blown cars. i really like the ones with injection on them, i think those look wicked. specaily when its on a big engine in an a-body

I like them on some things. I know it's a Chevy, but it's a super cool car. 1948 all steel coupe with a big al's toybox blown 350. Hood is off all together. Switch the car to a 40's style Plymouth or Dodge and you have a winning combination.

Jim


Edit: image changed to a link, it's too big, and besides, it's a chevy anyway!
http://www.dp.net/~egros/pics/DSC00331.JPG

Cool, Freiboy, DO IT!

I think they are cool, but I like the low blowers better for a street car. DD's car is above and beyond trends and fashion. A functional piece of automotive art is always

Well, I think that it's pretty well accepted that the majority of the fastest street cars driving around these days are nitrous fed stroked big blocks made to run 8's or 9's through a single 4 barrel on pump gas. Back in the 80's things were a bit different, pro-Street was king, blown cars were the cars everyone thought were the "thing" to have.

As far as building one today? We'll I love Blown cars but only when the car has matching rear tires. For looks blown cars just look "right" being more balanced looking front to rear, with fat rear tires and a blower. But I don't like the looks of a huffer through the hood and thin rear tires, it just doesn't look as serious or well balanced appearance wise (i.e. the appearance of having way more power than you can hook).

As far as Pro-Chargers and Turbo's? They make great power and are very cost effective, efficient, etc. they make great sense (but sense is not what I consider allot when dreaming up a bad boy sreet car). I've just never liked the way centrifical blowers and turbo chargers looked with all the extra plumbing under the hoods. I'd rather see an all out roots blown/tubbed car, or step back down to a stroker BB running an "All Motor" setup.

they are pretty to look at,but the car better haul booty,Ive seen so many times over the years guys at the track running mid 12s and even funnier some of them were pretty cocky too.theres a guy I saw at the local track here with a 67 dart convertible,tubbed,big sounding cam,4 speed,and although not blown,I had to go over and see what the crowd was about...A hemi,dominator carb lots of big dollar stuff.the guy was running 115-116 and was just lovin all the attention

back to the blown subject theres guys here that got some sweet blown cars and Im sure they run good as they look I just wouldnt want to keep it nice and shiney,too much work

I think Dick Landy-modified Holley 144 blowers are cool. It'll need a hood scoop, but nothing too large:





They make big and small block versions.

They're still cool, A friend of mine built a 671 blown 440 in a Challenger and after fabbing an intake to run sidedraft webers it fit under the stock rallye Challenger hood too.

Sheldon

they are not "coming back" because they never left!! they are the coolest and the most motorhead part you could ever put on a car, they do not garner alot of attention from jonny law either! they make a wicked insne amount of power that has to be experieced first hand, the thrill of driving a pressurized car in unreal,. tire boiling low end smoke shows are the norm as well and slig shot blasts as the boost moves the car like a titan rocket! any one who doesnt like them never had one and they ARE what hot rooding is all about I myself am so sick of "perfect resto" cars, they are made by some one else in a factory all the same and available to anyone who wantted to buy one are they cool,? yes, do i own some? yes do i apperciate them? yes! but i have more fun with my hot rod cars than any other restored car i ever had( except my hemi cuda convert, that car was fun, only because i drove it!)here are 2 shots of 2 cars i have both blown big blocks both street cars, the black car has been on the street for over 10 years with some heavy duty useage,(undisputed king of the concrete jungle i might ad!) no problem other than normal maintence and the 2nd car speeks for it self, i have many high compression big cammed, etc etc built motors, but nothing is even comparable to a roots blown big inch motor, they rule!!!! wimps go home!!!!

black cars motor, oh yeah 10.90s with out pushin it too hard and all steel except trunk lid, blown baby!!!

other blown street car

Maybe I'm old fashioned but there's nothing cooler than a Roots IMO - except for some old mechanical fuel injected Hillborn set-up (love the stacks!!!). Turbos and Paxtons are cool, but Roots are cooler.

GTX+blown HEMI+fast fun! and not gettin beat by any "flat hoods"! i built them both and I know how they work

i would love to see if the owner would ever take that thing out in the rain.


in that respect the flathooded FI cars have them beat. i myself could never build a fairweather only car.

If you're going to cut your hood and display the S/C, what's the point of installing a mild setup? The problem then being a full blown Roots does not make for a streetable car. Can you drive it in even a mild rain shower? An under hood setup, like a centrifigual s/c, represents a compromise between a fire-breathing Roots and stock street car.

I live in Oregon rains all the time!!!! and that was my everyday car for many years with and without a blower,got caught at an indoor car show in november and it snowed the evening we had to move the cars and it snowed and snowed, I drove my blown 55 home 28 miles while many other chose to stay over night in the building next door, fair weather I dont think so! I cant stand that word"flat" it just isnt right!!!!!

At a local Friday night cruise-in in Glen Burnie, MD no less than FIVE roots-blown cars showed up. And this is an informal cruise-in to an ice-cream stand - not club sponsored. There was a blown Hemi Pro-Street '67 Barracuda fastback that I heard took best-in-show in Ocean City, MD this Spring, a blown Cleveland-powered '68 Torino, at least one blown street rod...as well as a lot of other great iron. I also know a guy with that 144 blower under a flat '84 Regal hood. Runs mid 11s!

Not everyone can afford blowers, but if you can, go for it!

440shorty

well your car is one of the few drivers and one of the first instances i have heard of a roots blown car being drive in the rain.

the comment was in respect to this car :



hes got two edelbrock pro-flows on there and i would think the car has never been in a real downpour.