What are the absolute base components needed to have a working supercharger? I really want f/i if I can fit it in my budget, but it looks like I'm going to have to do some shopping around and some deal-finding to get it done, if I can get it done at all.

I am searching ebay right now for deals, and this came up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-...#ht_500wt_1182

What else would I need besides pulleys and the adapter plate that what's-his-name is working on? I see an intake, throttle body, etc.

Is this list pretty much right?


- Blower
- Blower Bracket
- Crank pulley and Supercharger pulley
- Bypass valve
- Boost gauges
- Fuel pump
- Fuel injectors
- Fans for the supercharger
- Air filter inlet for the supercharger

(optional)
- Intercoolers
- Intercooler piping

 

- Blower........yes
- Blower Bracket.......no
- Crank pulley and Supercharger pulley..........no stock crank pulley and manifold kit comes with pulley
- Bypass valve.......no it is already built into the blower
- Boost gauges ....no
- Fuel pump.....yes or Boost a Pump
- Fuel injectors......yes or used GT500 injectors
- Fans for the supercharger ............no
- Air filter inlet for the supercharger.......should come with SC


(optional)
- Intercoolers....Not optional you need it
- Intercooler piping.......just rubber hose you need it.

You need

Water pump for intercooler
Longer belt
tune
etc

 

I got that list from a guy with a trans am so I figured it would be a little off. thanks for the quick response though.

- what do you mean by manifold kit? I apologize, but I know little about superchargers, although I'm trying to learn. I've read the stickies in the f/i section.

 

.. what about the intercooler (manifold type)?

There are no adapter kits right now.. would be killer though..

 

aware me on what you are asking?

there is someone on this board(ask around and you'll find him, i forgot his username) that has made a working adapter plate for the 5.4 to 4.6 supercharger and is about to start producing them.

 

I read that thread, but I thought he was only selling them as complete kits?

 

There is a kit. Or will be in short order it has been mention here a number of times but there is a long and more thorough thread here.

 

I just bid on a gt 500 blower but almost immediately retracted my bid. I don't want to buy one of these until the adapter is in production. Also, he is pricing them at $1800, which is going to make it easier to just get a procharger or something similar.

 

I would not piece-meal one together, but then I am mechanically challenged. I remember when my ex-stang first started with FI, it had the P1SC Procharger kit.... and that's it. The kit came with everything needed to run about 9 lbs boost. I would save a bit longer and get something that is tried, tested, and complete .... and just plug-in and play. Once you start mixing and matching, it can get more troublesome. Keep it simple ... at first anyway.

 

A GT-500 blower is a complete waste of money. Once you piece together all the required components you've spent more then a FRPP Whipple kit in the long run. If you do a cost effective blower kit search on here you'll find a lot of members have the M90 blower kit and they got it for around $3,000. That is a great starting point.