Time to supercharge the 5ltr

[VNSSMAN]

Right.. My car has pissed me off enough to supercharge it.
I wanna know who has done it already to there v8 or if
you know the best company to go through when purchasing
one. And if you hav numbers post em up so i can start quoting.

Peace out

[VNSSMAN]

SUPERCHARGER KIT FOR HOLDEN EFI V8
Part Number Yt4081 Kit Contents
Terra Charger Axial Entry Supercharger
Alloy Intake Manifold
Alloy S/c Inlet Manifold With Provision For Two Injectors
Two Supplementary Fuel Injectors
Independent Electronic Controller For Extra Injectors
Boost Activated Fuel Pressure Regulator
Top And Bottom Supercharger Drive Pulleys
Idler Pulley Assembly
Supercharger Support Bracket
Bi Pass Valve
Super Charger Drive Belt
Air Cleaner Housing Adaptor
Intake Tube
Manifold Gasket Set
Throttle Cable
Fuel Hose
All Necessary Mounting Brackets
$6594.50

[VTSSDUDE]

I knew a bloke in a VR V8 who supercharged his car, his engine only lasted two weeks.
Major internals problem after he was dragging at a local 1/8th mile strip.
Motor didn't sound too healthy. I don't know what PSI he had running though.

[VNSSMAN]

Eaton M112 Kit
VN - VT 5.0 - 5.7L Commodore
Powerdyne / Vortech Supercharger
From 165kW to 340kW

VN - VS Vortech Kit

Water Inj Stage Boost kW Price
Vortech Basic Kit - No Fuel or management sys inc. $ 4,895.00
Powerdyne Inc. 1 5 - 8 245 - 275 ex $ 6,319.00
Vortech Inc. 2 5 - 10 265 - 310 ex $ 7,495.00
Vortech Inc. 3 10 - 14 310 - 340 ex $ 7,995.00 Thats what im talkin about
Eaton M112 option 1 6.5 255 ex $ 7,695.00

[greenfoam]

My friend had one on his VS SS but after a couple years at 240 rwkw he broke the engine, bent the block, totally ruined. 20+ grand later he has the alloy come racing engine, with supercharger

[VNSSMAN]

Righto... So far sounds like its no good.
What about stroker kits?

[stockvp]

been pricing the only one i could come up with was from come racing and is was $2500 iwas thinking of doin it to my vp 6

[VNSSMAN]

Yeh i cam across those guys too. How many horses for the 6 if done?

[greenfoam]

VNSSMAN, if you want to go really fast for really cheap, I think you would be better off buying a VP V6 with the series two engine in it and running a turbo or supercharger on that, the engine is a little stronger than the 5 liter and muuuuuuch cheaper to replace/fix if you break it

[VNSSMAN]

Dont wanna go really fast.. Just want the balls when i need it. If i hav a car full of guys going on a road trip and i hit a decent size hill the car will struggle. I want something that will keep the pace. Already hav cai and k&n just lookin at some headers at moment. Going to get pacemakers tri-y design. See what its like then if unhappy still then stroke it. To many negative opionons about supercharges. Just wanna make the most of v8. Otherwise why hav one with fuel the way it is

[RVN 355]

get the best blower ya can & make the 5litre Fly!!! go the 304 ci

[STEALTHY™]

The V8 is stronger than tha V6, any day of the week.

If you run low boost, your motor will be fine, and it'll still give you a decent increase. Talking up to 10, i bet those people blowing engines hooked up the charger and ran 20psi from the start.

[defa]

VNSSMAN. i would be going for the pacemakers like you said you are getting..you will notice a huge difference.. a mate of mine put some header i found at a swap meat. he was told after they are HSV headers??? and before that i found them a 2.5 inch exhaust.. just with the exhaust it made a difference. but with the headers you will notice even more difference.. it would have been lucky to do 200 before that. now it revs right past 200.. was an easy cheap mod thta made some differecnce.. since then he has rebuilt the motor. he just put a mild cam in it.. so now it is cheaper to run and has enough power to get up hills with a car load, etc.. just a good cruising car.. with bugger all spent on it..
on the other hand i know a fella with a 355 stroker.. i have never been in the car but i see him driving the animal around. it has heaps and heaps of go.

[blown hsv]

i got the sta supercharger in mine for 2yrs now running 9 pnd boost with no problems.you have to do engine work also to run the supercharger or else thats when you run into problems. unfortunetly sta has sold out so the best bet would be the vortec supercharger as most run these days

[sam611970]

i run v2 vortech on my 5 ltre stock engine 341 rwhp goes gr8 not a problem the best thing ive driven 4 a while it will kick my r8 arse . i would recomend capa kit its excelent. if you spend theright money in the right places it will work. alot of guys cut corners on install and fuel supply and thats were you get into truble. thats why they blow up there engies

[nathans1987]

super charging is quite safe when done right even at higher psi

[RVN 355]

super charging is quite safe when done right even at higher psi

more safer than turbo's ... turbo eh BLOWN 355 thats the gear

[fnlow1]

low boost would be the way to go.
Also i think people just try to bolt on the blower without ensuring the condition of the motor is up to standard.
A suitable compresion ratio also comes highly recommended.
And if you are aiming for skyhigh boost there is NO substitute for expensive/strong engine components.