Thread: 283 supercharged???? questions

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well hey people.. i have a 1950 chevy pickup with a .. relatively stock block but with a bore .60 over... headers, holley contender intake, holley 600 cfm carb.,HEI, all backed by a 700 r4 transmission... this weekend i will be getting my rear end back from my friend who is putting the set of 4:10 gears in the back and i have now started to accumulate some mone... i am extremely serious about a supercharger being put on ( of course with me being a recent 18 year old.. and i am wondering what kind of suggestions you would have for supercharging... i could possibly get a weiand 6-71 for cheap but then i would have to purchase another carb and get worse gas milage.. i know i dont really have that much of a choice but i know that i want it all under the hood.. ive also seen the 6-71's fit under my style chevy pickup hood before... i have also come accross a compete small block chevy vortech setup... it has a carb box, all the tubing and hardware, a whole front runner setup, and it wouldnt sit any higher than your basic carb setup which is cool.. now this runs about 2600 bucks and im really thinking on getting it... i know that i would have to remove my inner fender wells or just do some modification to them.. which wouldnt be hard so im just wondering what you people would think, and how you think it would react to the little 283... i also have a bare 350 sitting waiting to be built... the 283 stock, with 2 bbl carb manifolds, and th 400 tranny ran a 17.4 haha sad.. but after all the mods there is a dramatic increase... and im looking for more.. let me know what you think.. any comment would be appreciated!!! thanks!!