Just finished reading the second book in Smokey"s autobiagraphy.

In it he briefly mentions the Ford 57 blower as being a "piece of junk Mc Cullah setup".He says he welded the blower wide open,opened up the needle and seat in the carb (which didnt work) and finally put an electric fuel pump on it.

Then it went like hell!

Any thoughts on technically what his discription means?

Oldmics

Getting the fuel to the motor is still the most important thing to do with a blower.  George Chaltin, 57 F Code Skyliner was the NHRA A Stock national champ, he had a big Stewart Warner? fuel pump back by the gas tank pushing.  On my supercharged Mustang, I have a 250 lph in tank pump in addition to an external pump supplied by Pro Charger.  The bigger fuel pumps allowed me to get rid of the FMU, fuel management unit, which was tricky to adjust and if you didn't have it set right, you could run to lean.

Paul J. - '57 E Code