Well I've been watching a lot of drag racing on YouTube. My bucket list includes adding some kind of boost to my naturally aspirated 5-liter small block in my 82 pickup. Many years ago (1978) I inherited a V-belt driven centrifugal supercharger with a 4 inch hose and a can that bolted on top of the 4 barrel carburetor in place of the air cleaner. My friend who gave it to me said that he just threw it on his old Ford and it went like a "raped ape." I lost track of that thing and I'm looking for something like it that's less expensive than the ProCharger option.
Turbocharging seems to be the super economical way to go, but it seems finicky, and at the end of the day I want to maintain driveability and the regular 4 barrel carburetor, and I know it's possible, because here's a 1975 C10 that has what I'm looking for:
https://www.procharger.com/gallery/1...et-c-10-pickup
But being semiretired and broke, I'm looking for something that may be used, or old, or something that I have to cobble together myself, and I don't care if it's a belt driven supercharger or single or dual turbochargers, I just want to up the performance of this truck in a reliable, economical way, but also have the "cool" factor of boost.
Any ideas?