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.

 

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

 

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?

 

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

 

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...

 

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.

 

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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..

 

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

 

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.

 

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.