supercharging the 3.0?
Apr 2, 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!
Apr 2, 2013 | 08:02 AM
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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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Apr 2, 2013 | 04:13 PM
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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!
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.
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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Apr 7, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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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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