jackfrost1031

why bother? If you want a SC there are cars out there that had them factory, just pillage one from the junkyard. I think some pontiac bonnevilles and grand prixs had them, for that matter. All you're doing is reinventing the wheel.

spitfire5454

adding a factory supercharger would be better, but A LOT more work. you still have to screw around with belts, and depending on your your engine configuration you would probably have to make a new intake manifold which is 10x as difficult. not to mention that it makes it more expensive. nothing wrong with reinventing the wheel for less

Qdawg

I see your point but the belts won't be a problem my uncle is my mechanic and he's got stock of all kinds of belts. It's the manifold that's gonna be hard to find, I don't suppose you could make one from scratch easily. So basically I think I'm pretty much screwed. Am I Right or Am I Right?

con

well lets see, you drive and escort you have no job......................up your right, your pretty much screwed

CaVy9722

yes the bonnevilles(ssei) and grand prixs(GTP) had them. along with the buick century(1997-02) , buick regal gs(96-04), buick park avenue ultra(96-04), buick riviera(1995-1999), 2004 impalla ss, 04 monte carlo ss, 96-99 olds 88, 96-99 olds LSS, and 96-99 olds regency.

GM went a little crazy in 96-99 with the supercharger on their 3800 vehicles...

spitfire5454

yes....you are probably screwed if you are talking about making your own intake manifold to fit a junkyard supercharger. But using a turbo/pulley contraption, requires no manifold, so that just depends on how creative and you are and how good you are at fabrication.

jackfrost1031

?!

If you're turning a turbo into a belt driven charger then what the hell is the difference in manifolds? Using a factory supercharger would be no different than your homebrew thing. And what's stopping you from using belts, since you're adding a pulley..

darksol2005

do you have any sort of clue what you're talking about? the only superchargers i've seen on cars that you would find in a junkyard are roots style chargers that pretty much replace the entire upper plenum

StrykerGSR

thats why they said take a turbo and make it a centrifugal supercharger so that it works like a procharger would...but i dont think thats wat the creator of this thread was even talkin about....besides why would you want to other than just to be creative.

josh19wrc

The inertia of a 4:1 gear step up will break off the turbo shaft. Look at a procharger, they use a sprung hub and a MUCH larger shaft to help absorb the impact from the compressor inertia so it doesnt shear off. It might work for a few PSI, but if thats all your looking for a junkyard brewed turbo setup would be cheaper and easier.