Hey Jay, I hate to be a PITA but I have been thinking about charging the 489, I searched several years of your older posts but they have removed pics. Is there anyway you can re post them, especially side shots of rad clearance, supercharger mounting bracket (custom), crank and blower pulleys, ect. Thanks in advance, my heads and crank, should be in the end of the week and I already have most of the other parts, I need more convincing from someone who went through the process via pics.

You can kind of see the plate that the supercharger mounts to in this shot. There is also an aluminum bracket behind the plate that I made up to mount to the head and water pump. The plate bolts to the bracket, and the supercharger bolts to the plate:




Also required is an aluminum donut, machined to bolt to the harmonic balancer, and that the crank pulley bolts to.

Radiator clearance with this setup is minimal, less than an inch down by the crank pulley. My radiator is in the stock location though, so if you don't mind modifying the radiator support, you can move the radiator forward to get more clearance. Jack Miller did that on his twin supercharged FE Mustang, and he has a lot more room than I do.

Jay Brown
1968 Shelby GT 500 Convertible, 492" 667 HP FE
1969 R code Mach 1, 490" supercharged FE, 9.35 @ 151.20, 2007 Drag Week Runner Up, Power Adder Big Block
2005 Ford GT, 2006 Drag Week Winner, 12.0 Daily Driver
1969 Ford Galaxie XL, 460 (Ho Hum....)
1964 Ford Galaxie 500, 510" SOHC

Is there any pictures of Jack Miller's engine any where?

Here's an engine photo I have. Look to the magazines for other pictures.



Jay Brown
1968 Shelby GT 500 Convertible, 492" 667 HP FE
1969 R code Mach 1, 490" supercharged FE, 9.35 @ 151.20, 2007 Drag Week Runner Up, Power Adder Big Block
2005 Ford GT, 2006 Drag Week Winner, 12.0 Daily Driver
1969 Ford Galaxie XL, 460 (Ho Hum....)
1964 Ford Galaxie 500, 510" SOHC

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