accessory drive · FF-0222

How is the front of the engine laid out on the Abbin supercharger kit?

Joe designed the front drive so the symmetry of the Flathead is kept, with the two water pump pulleys and an automatic tensioner. He made his own alternator bracket and says several different alternators will fit; he would have liked a more traditional-looking generator, but there is not room. The timing cover shown is a stock factory aluminum one, which he says was made in only one or two years, 1950 and 1951.

Expert

Joe Abbin

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

front drive, tensioner and alternator

Applicable scope

Supercharged Ford Flathead V8 with the Abbin-designed blower kit now built by Coppock Performance and Engineering