I have a couple junk pneumatic cylinders (used some of the parts for the English Wheel) that just happen to be 4" I.D. aluminum. I made sleeves out of them to slip over the 4" O.D. tube. So the joints are pretty beefy. We'll see what happens.

There's is some give in the boot on the carb. There will be a boot on the ProCharger. I called Steve Morris just to see what he thought before I decided to go this route. He says bands are the way to go with a tube chassis, solid body & Motor/Mid plates. I've seen a couple with nothing but V-Ban...

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1606/vbandassembly1.jpg I've been runnin' the lathe off & on the last few days & got the V-Band clamp flanges done. http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7206/vbandassembly2.jpg Assembled and ready to TIG together http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2476/vbandas...

Thanks Mike. I'll have to ponder this, to see if I should go gear drive for reliability.

How do you change the under drive/overdrive % with a gear drive?

Thanks wikd69. Thanks for the info. John. I'll have to look into that. I'll have to research what the initial $$$ difference is. If it's not a huge difference it sounds like it might be made up in less maintenance $$$. That would keep the Pro Charger head lower too. I'm not sure what my hood clearan...

Thanks for the info. John. I'll have to look into that. I'll have to research what the initial $$$ difference is. If it's not a huge difference it sounds like it might be made up in less maintenance $$$. That would keep the Pro Charger head lower too. I'm not sure what my hood clearance is going to ...

Any reason not to go with the gear drive? Besides $$$ ? Seems like that is the hot ticket now. I just like that blower belt whine I guess. But, I won't be buying the procharger for a while yet. (maybe next year) so I have time to change my mind. H.P. will be in the 1,500 range. If I keep the weight...

Mine will look something like this (but with a carb.)

Injection would be cool but it's more $$$. And the carb will get me where I need to be HP wise, so I figured the extra expense wasn't worth it. They make some pretty exotic purpose built carbs for the pro charger these days.

Very good. I've had it for a couple years now and have yet to use a drop.

Made a little more progress. I put the ol' foam mock up engine in it to make sure I get the angles right before going too much further.

Got the flanges turned this weekend. http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8913/flangebore.jpg http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/flangebore.jpg/1/w850.png I put a groove around the edge of the flange for the firewall sheet metal. Once I install the o-ring and get in place I'll check the new gap with a fee...

I'm ready to rebuild the firewall. I cut the flanges out today for the intercooler tubes to pass through the firewall. I'll turn them down on the lathe & weld them in place & shape the sheet metal around them. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/pro70z28/Firewallstart.jpg http://img.photo...

Sure, no problem. Money is no object....right?