How to Build Supercharged and Turbocharged Small-Block Fords

Bob McClurg

Jan 2005 · CarTech Inc

About this ebook

The supercharger and turbocharger in their various forms and applications have both been around for well over a century. What makes them so popular? Looks, power, performance, sound, and status. And how do they relate to, and improve upon, the performance level of a small-block Ford pushrod V-8 engine like a 289-302, a 351-Windsor, a Ford 351-Cleveland, or even the latest generation 4.6L/5.4L "modular" small-block V-8 engines? That's EXACTLY what this book is all about! While Ford dabbled in supercharging and turbocharging on production cars all the way back in 1957 with the legendary Thunderbird, and then again with Shelbys and over-the-counter kits, and then again in the late '70s and early '80s with turbocharging 4- cylinder applications in Mustangs and SHOs, the real revolution in supercharging and turbocharging Ford products has come through the aftermarket in more recent times. The Fox Mustang, created in 1979, and the platform that would eventually feature fuel injection in 1986, allowing much more boost, created a genre of lightning-quick and affordable performance cars.

Ratings and reviews

Doesnt really give any useful information on tuning.

About the author

Bob McClurg has been involved with cars ever since he knew what they were, and he started his automotive journalism career working for the Orange Daily News, and then for the Anaheim Bulletin, as a sports photographer. He refined his skills as a high-speed automotive photographer on weekends at drag races, and later worked for Super Stock magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and in 1978 went to work as photo editor for Hot Rod Magazine. In 1983 he became editor of Hot Rod Corvette and Kit Car magazines. He left in 1986 to work as editor of Mustang Illustrated Magazine for 14 years, during which time he also created Ford High-Performance Magazine. McClurg left the company in 1998 and continues to work as a successful freelance photographer. He is known as a top drag-racing historian and is one of the nations most acknowledged classic and late-model mustang authorities. McClurgs six previous books include the best-selling Diggers, Funnies, Gassers and Altereds. He is widowed and lives in Toluca Lake, California with his 12 cars.