Gutting the supercharger
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Gutting the supercharger
well seeing as many dont look in the advanced section, i got a question some ppl may be able to help me, im switching to turbo in like 2 weeks, but my biggest thing is, when gutting my supercharger, could i get away with just removing the rotors and that would be it, or is there something else required to modify to my charger in order to utilize it as my intake manifold, i dont wanna design a bracket to hold the pulley up and the throttle body, plus itll look cool and be fairly easy
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Its funny you posted this I have been reading on supercharge plus turbo . found this http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Super...dified_20Turbo
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Say what now? Gutting the SC b/c you don't want to buy an intake manifold? Umm... dosen't sound like a good idea to me... sounds like you'd be losing a lot of power.
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hmmm what dop u mean by block off plate, and did you mean i cant take the rotors out and use the casing
raineman im going to a turbo, and i dont wanna custom fab a throttle body plate, technically id be fabbing a complete upper intake, to attach to my lower intake
raineman im going to a turbo, and i dont wanna custom fab a throttle body plate, technically id be fabbing a complete upper intake, to attach to my lower intake
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Look into it before you guy the charger when you could sell it and make some cash.
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Have you looked into the Saab Intake manifold from the 2.0 Turbo Saab 9-3s. From my understanding, they are electronic throttle body just like yours and might share the same characteristics as your car.
Look into it before you guy the charger when you could sell it and make some cash.
Look into it before you guy the charger when you could sell it and make some cash.
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well seeing as many dont look in the advanced section, i got a question some ppl may be able to help me, im switching to turbo in like 2 weeks, but my biggest thing is, when gutting my supercharger, could i get away with just removing the rotors and that would be it, or is there something else required to modify to my charger in order to utilize it as my intake manifold, i dont wanna design a bracket to hold the pulley up and the throttle body, plus itll look cool and be fairly easy
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Ok, there is a very easy solution to this. What you do, is unbolt your blower and remove the throttle body from it. Next, you place a sheet of metal over the hole where the blower was. Make it fit the stock s/c gasket. Next, make another gasket for the TB and attach it to another sheet of metal. Next, you take the two sheets of metal, cut a hole the size of the TB into both, and weld them together. You take the TB and bolt it in, as well as bolting the new plate to the manifold. This way you still use the stock aftercooler and you save the blower.
I've seen a picture just like this somewhere, and looked decent. Now I'm bad at describing things so theres a little more to it, but you get the idea. If I can find the pic I'll post it.
I've seen a picture just like this somewhere, and looked decent. Now I'm bad at describing things so theres a little more to it, but you get the idea. If I can find the pic I'll post it.
#14
Why not just leave the functional supercharger on and add the turbo? No lag and more efferent top end peak boost... you could even buy a larger pulley than stock so the parasitic loss from the super would be made minimal.
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I have the old Ecotec build book and in there it describes the phase 5 Cobalt briefly but I believe it's the lsj turboed on 22lb's of boost running high 11's. I am seriously starting to consider loosing the supercharger, buying a turbo kit, and have Buschur racing try something crazy with my car. it's a dream for now but I'd love to be turboed and running in the 12's at least.
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Gut the blower, get a block off plate for where the snout goes and be done with it. GTP guys do it all the time. I'm sure you can even port it (the blower) to get more air through it.