Thread: 8-71 blown 390

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No I haven't rebuilt a blower before but who cares. I already have all the new bearings and seals. Rotors look great. There is no reason not to do it. Its very simple. Thats the problem now days, everyone is scared to do things themselves. Building a motor or fixing the kitchen sink, its all super simple. I do almost all my own work with the exception of machine work because I don't have a lathe or anything like that. But even then I still do as much as I can. I've ported cylinders for my dirt bike many times. Honed cylinders, drilled head stud holes bigger with a simple hand drill instead of a press. And I've built motors before (390, 427, 429, 460, 4G63, 305). Everything doesn't need to be chrome and I don't need to pay somebody who says they're a professional to do something when I can do it just as good, most likely better because I'm doing it myself.


But .. project is going to be slow this month. Buying tires for my dad's truck because he can't afford it and I'm an awesome son like that. But I did order the second predator carb today. Brought the other back from my dad's. When it gets here I'll post a picture or two of the blower with the carbs on it. Looks pretty sick with just one sitting on it right now.

Originally Posted by motox_19

But .. project is going to be slow this month. Buying tires for my dad's truck because he can't afford it and I'm an awesome son like that....

Gotta love it! Awesome son that you are!

The amount of info available on the net is amazing, provided you know enough to sift out the junk from the wanna be's trying to sell themselves as experts. Part of the fun is attacking an issue that you've never done before, figuring out how to do it and then getting it done! Maybe Jerry can give some tips about setting up the blower with new bearings & seals, if there are any "secrets" that he's willing to share.