supercharging a v8s

[garfys v8s]

does anybody know if this is possible or has been done? gazza

[muskrat]

I this what you are looking for ? www.tvrsseries.com/sowners/greenv8s/greenv8s.htm

Regards,
Mike

[Boosted LS1]

Or you could fit a Rotrex on the n/s head.

Boosted.

[garfys v8s]

mike yhm

[GreenV8S]

Yes and yes. It would be sensible to follow the conventional tuning route first though i.e. increase the capacity and then improve the breathing before going to the trouble and expense of forced induction. Consider what this will do to the rest of the car (I've spent more on the suspension, brakes and transmission than on the engine). Also check out the insurance situation.

[garfys v8s]

peter yhm

[the gazman]

I think TVR Power will be offering the pre serp version of their kit very soon and when I see the cost of other work people have had done on engines, I wonder if the quite modest gains for lots of money were good value in comparison to the SC.
I drove the Power car around on main and side roads and was very impressed with the smooth delivery of power and it was about 275bhp at the wheels.

[garfys v8s]

derek any idea of costs please?gary

[chuggaboom]

have worn that 4.6 out already garfy ?....making use of all that extra ooomph ?

just askin....we haven't seen it for a while !

[garfys v8s]

hello grant. happy new year. i am going to make an effort to come out to play more often next year and you can never have too much oomph mate

[the gazman]

garfys v8s said:

derek any idea of costs please?gary

About 4K I understand ask Dom, he won't bite you

[GreenV8S]

garfys v8s said:

peter yhm

[panto]Oh no I don't.[/panto]

[garfys v8s]

GreenV8S said:

garfys v8s said:

peter yhm

[panto]Oh no I don't.[/panto]

behind you. i have sent another

[silverback mike]

Sounds like a good idea gaz...get it on there.

[GreenV8S]

garfys v8s said:

behind you. i have sent another

Nope, still nothing here. :shrug:

Try tvr_peter_humphries at hotmail dot com.

[garfys v8s]

peter,my email is obviously playing up.my car is a 4.6 with uprated brakes, suspension,cam,crossbolted,single holley carb,and full geometry set up. i am not mechanicaly minded so this is all i know.gary

[GreenV8S]

Don't be surprised if you run into durability problems with the diff and half shafts if you use the full power of the 4.6 regularly, but apart from that you seem to have done a lot of the goundwork already. Running supercharged on pull-through carbs can work very well in some situations because most of the positive displacement blower types like running wet, the centrefugal ones don't much care but do work slightly more efficiently if you run them wet. The big, huge, massive, really potentially rather catastrophic problem is that with the entire intake full of air/fuel mixture, when you get a backfire the whole thing can literally explode. People design in blow-off flaps to try to save the manifold from bursting, but it's really quite a dodgy proposition. I've had some pretty spectacular bangs from mine, and that's only running port injection. So, if you supercharge it you will probably want to consider going back to EFI, alternatively arrange your carb in a blow-through configuration.

Edited by GreenV8S on Sunday 31st December 19:16

[Boosted LS1]

You'll need a mechanical holley. A 600 double pumper would fit the bill nicely. I've put boost through them before.

Boosted.

[garfys v8s]

thanks chaps and a happy new year to everyone out there.gazza

Edited by garfys v8s on Monday 1st January 18:37