Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:27:08 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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Hi, it is friday...so don't freak out on me for little van content..
Specifically for the Subie motors, I don't really know. You'd have to
look around the net and find out about that particular install. I have done
the research for the little inline four VW motor I run right now, and it
looks dead simple. Well tested kits are available for around $3k,
complete. I don't think I would try a SC on a WBX motor, though...Heads
would roll....I also have plenty of friends in the 928 Porsche world who
went the supercharger route rather than the difficult way I went with my
928, which was more displacment. They ended up with more horsepower (almost
equal to the stroker motor) at much less expense and trouble..and I bet
their cars were much better at altitude than my 6.5 liter stroker motor.
Toyota Previa's are just 2.4liter four bangers..The early model years were
said by 'Murikans to be too underpowered so Toyota just put a SC on them..at
first as a option, then as standard..They were making 165 hp and giving 300k
miles of service with no problems..
The SCs aren't very complicated... they are just big compressors that jam
more air/fuel mix into the motor like a turbo does, but they are belt
driven. My 928 pals figured out how to run the belt and the
appropriate SC, pipe the mix into the top of the motor..and...with a few
mistakes along the way, they ended up with about 40% bolt on power gains.
Pretty standard stuff..Someone probably even makes a kit with all the
belts and the proper blower..
California CARB/DMV would surely go bonkers, though...dunno.
Don Hanson
So, that being said, what is involved in installing a supercharger to a
subie 2.2?
Thanks,
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> Warren in Santa Fe
> 88 Westy
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> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Put a supercharger on your 2.2. At the elevation of Santa Fe and
>> surrounding enviorns, a forced-induction system will give you more power
>> gains than adding displacment. I know this from racing. Teenie little
>> Nissan NSX 'supercars' are really fast (comparativly) at above 5000' and not
>> so fast at sea level. Where as big ole Vipers are slow at elevation and
>> pretty fast down low.
>> I see reputable SC kits available for $3-5k...
>> Don Hanson
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Warren Lail <wklail@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Benny Boy wrote: "That van as a new heart now... run's like a champ."
>>>
>>> It looks great Ben. I'm thinking of upgrading my 2.2 subie to a 2.5.
>>> Lots
>>> of extra work or is it fairly straightforward? (I installed the 2.2
>>> myself,
>>> so I'm familiar with the general labor requirements.)
>>>
>>> I have lots more power than my 2.1Boxer, but I could use more!
>>>
>>> Warren in Santa Fe
>>> 88 Westy
>>>
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