68 Valiant Hellcat Swap

I wish I had the time right now to set my engine in the car, but no can do at this time. I tend to at first, consider new Mopar engines/parts the "holy grail" and not want to disturb the "factory assembly" of them. Later, that aura diminishes and I start in with the good ol' "hot rodding" as necessary. I talked to a guy who knows superchargers of all types and he made me feel at ease with this IHI. I ordered a new water manifold to modify. I plan to cut the center out; cut and mill the end pieces down to a minimum and tig some 90 degree AN fittings to them for hoses. The hoses will likely be run out each side of the blower and join up to a remote tank. I've got too many details in my mind about this for trying to put it in type, but I think I can work out a nice, clean alternate to the factory, overall low pressure cooling system. I will likely include an ice tank somewhere for when I take it to the drag strip.

I'm excited to see your solution progress. It should look real nice with the firewall all finished off with a relief in it for the manifold. Please keep those pics coming! Any progress?

hemivaliant57 said

You are correct. Most of the intrusion was on the passenger side, however the water manifold was very close to the firewall in the center. Almost too close for my liking. I already was doing extensive fabrication work to the car so it didn't bother me to start from scratch and get the clearance and look I wanted.

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