1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

When you see old hot rods and it says something like "383 with a 6-71 supercharger" that means the roots blower off a 6-71 Detroit

 

Turbos weren't really all that long term reliable until around the late 70s when materials started catching up so they were typically only used on aviation equip where the budget was there to replace them every couple of flights. Now turbos are more efficient than SC and last longer so they can be used on things like diesel engines which are typically used because of their long service lives and low MTBF.

 

Yus

 

Yessum

 

Is there an echo in here?

 

Great.

I am going to assume I don't have bushings, all I have are the bushings already present in the leafspring which are non-greasable. With that being said - is this all I need for the rear leafsprings hardware wise?

 

I like superchargers more than turbos. Turbos ruin engines more when they fail

 

You can take over haha, I gotta get a snack and go to bed. I'm sure @BartMaster1234 can figure out caveman technology like leaf springs without us anyway haha

 

Funny thing is superchargers on the old two stroke diesels don't actually add power or boost, they pump at atmospheric pressure so that the thing can run

 

Eh not really true or a good reason. They both have their uses, SC stress engines more for sure though.

 

I'm eating sour patch kids. Damn they're delicious

 

That's some bad design

 

It was like 1935 man

 

Really? Just cause the engine runs the rotors? Unlike a turbo runs off exhaust

 

At the time it was actually really great, because big diesels couldn't make anymore power so two stroke and a pump fixed that right up. This was again before turbos were long term stable where we could run them on a 4 stroke

 

There's only one bolt holding the front coilover to the lower control arm, right?

Is this the correct bolt? I might as well order new hardware.

 

Take your old bolt to a hardware store and get a grade 8 replacement

 

This, or higher of they have it, why not

 

1:07 AM here, and I gotta order all this crap so it ships in the morning.

 

It's 1:07