Horsepower

[Thomasso]

Has anyone attempted to turbo charge their super hurricane?  Where I live we have to cross the continental divide three directions out of town,although I love touring in Sweet Willie the 110 hp takes a lot of the fun out of it.  Sometimes down to 40 mph and working the hell out of him.  I do have a newly built Buick 425 Nailhead looking for a home but hate to change anything.  Any suggestions to get more hp from the old 226?  Thanks, Tom.

[Thomasso]

Me again;  I also have a fresh 292 Ford Y block which would be a much easier swap and be enough horsepower and I could keep my overdrive.  Does anyone have experience with this swap.  I'm wondering if the t86 trans bolt pattern is the same and if the input shaft is the the same length.  Thanks.

[joefrazer]

A KF club member turbo charged a 226 in a 49 Kaiser. He said it made a difference in performance.

1954 and 55 Kaiser Manhattans were equipped with McCulloch superchargers. Installing one on a 226 Super Hurricane shouldn't be too difficult. One thing to know, with the supercharger, exhaust valve rotators were used to reduce the opportunity for burned valves, a fairly common problem with the engines, especially around cylinders 4 and 5.