Fair enough, I suppose. But I think an Oregon cam grind for a blown engine costs about the same as one for a normally aspirated engine. I could be wrong. I did find a thread or two where guys have put superchargers on regular motors that do not have $500 pistons in them. So that was helpful. One of them bragged that he did the whole thing for around $400, including the blower. From what I have seen, slants do not use "blower manifolds", but adapters to fit them to 4bbl manifolds, which mine came with.
But you are correct, I cannot afford to shell out $6,000 to Aussie Speed for a 4-71 blower setup, $500 for pistons, $400 for rods, $700 for headwork, $450 for an Isky cam kit and another $300 for custom made pulleys.
That is why I am asking for hints here rather than calling BDS, Dyer or Aussie Speed.
But no biggie, I like a challenge and there are other places to get info on stuff like this. I figured a category on a slant six forum called "Boost and Nitrous" might include info on roots blower installs as well as turbos from guys who have run them. I will catalogue the experience and post it here for others to learn from and save them money.
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