Sorry for the late reply. The engine that this blower is going on is SB Chevy not a Ford. I have now built the engine since this post and its a 388 cube SBC with Forged Crank, H-Beam rods and Forged flat tops. The compression is set to 9:5:1 and using AFR 220 Competitions heads. I have since changed the really crappy 1970's Edelbrock Street master manifold and purchased a weiand x-celerator which has much much bigger ports. The manifold has been port matched to the heads and will be a much better fit and not increase the blower height.
The blower is NOS so there is no damage to it as its never been used. I had it checked out also here in Melbourne by Fisher Superchargers.
I have also custom fitted a Snow water meth kit with dual nozzles to help with cooling. The Dello'rto 40mm were replaced with Dell'orto 48mm and these are my only concern whether they will flow enough. ..? Anyone have experience with the DCOE carbs and power limits. I noticed a lot of people used the 50mm Weber carbs...
I do have the option of going EFI but if have to...
The photos are before I put the AFR heads...target HP is 680HP to 700hp at the crank
Here are some more photos
