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Old 04-02-2013, 07:15 AM
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supercharging the 3.0?

hey, not an engine swap but close i guess. what I'm wondering is if anyone has supercharged the 3.0 v6. I have a 95 4runner with that motor, and will most likely get a pickup from that era with the same motor. the only problem i have is a lack of low end power in the one i have now. I'm wondering if it's possible, how easy it is, what model supercharger, etc. also, could an OEM one off of, say, a pontiac bonneville or something work? i'm not opposed to doing some fabricating, as i do that kind of stuff a lot. just wondering if it's worth it, or if i'd be screwing up the reliability and risking damage to the block or something. thanks!
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Originally Posted by Steve W Nast
hey, not an engine swap but close i guess. what I'm wondering is if anyone has supercharged the 3.0 v6. I have a 95 4runner with that motor, and will most likely get a pickup from that era with the same motor. the only problem i have is a lack of low end power in the one i have now. I'm wondering if it's possible, how easy it is, what model supercharger, etc. also, could an OEM one off of, say, a pontiac bonneville or something work? i'm not opposed to doing some fabricating, as i do that kind of stuff a lot. just wondering if it's worth it, or if i'd be screwing up the reliability and risking damage to the block or something. thanks!
IMO, screw the supercharging lol you wont even get up to the power that a stock 3.4 has...then you look at the ever so prevalent head gasket issue that turns into regular maitnence ever 60-80k miles lol. I bought a 3.4 with all stuff i needed with the exception of regular maitnence stuff since it was out of the truck for $1200 dollars.....just my opinion. Have you looked into the 5VZ-FE 3.4L swap??? check it out. I had a 3.slo 5-speed and i swapped in a 3.4 (trans bolts right up) and i'll never go back

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Not worth it...
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Originally Posted by Steve W Nast
hey, not an engine swap but close i guess. what I'm wondering is if anyone has supercharged the 3.0 v6. I have a 95 4runner with that motor, and will most likely get a pickup from that era with the same motor. the only problem i have is a lack of low end power in the one i have now. I'm wondering if it's possible, how easy it is, what model supercharger, etc. also, could an OEM one off of, say, a pontiac bonneville or something work? i'm not opposed to doing some fabricating, as i do that kind of stuff a lot. just wondering if it's worth it, or if i'd be screwing up the reliability and risking damage to the block or something. thanks!
<---NA 400HP 3VZ-E

However...
If you want a blower, M62-M90 sized would be great. M62 would be more than enough on that SOHC engine, It runs outta breath pretty quickly. (The SC14 is in between an Eaton M62 & M90)
For all the effort to put a blower on that engine, I'd scrap the idea & go with a turbo.
Easy enough with the layout. Just afew welds.




I will say that unlike these guys, I would very STRONGLY advise you to blow THROUGH the AFM. (AFM after S/C, or turbo, whatever you do) You'll gain lots of response, you'll have less re-tuning to do, and the ECU will stay much happier knowing the actual air temp, and air mass running through the engine.


Which is something the first guy figured out & wound up doing anyways.


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Not sure what motor (3.0 IIRC) but a buddy of mine put a supercharger on his truck and from that day on, all he did was b!tch about how bad his gas mileage was. There's no replacement for displacement go for the 3.4 swap.
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