"Give your Fiero the performance that the sleek exotic lines deserve. The Fiero Store Supercharger Kit will give you what the Big Wigs and GM forgot to- Pure raw unadulterated POWER.
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Why a supercharger you ask? 1. Ease of installation vs Turbo. 2. Comparable HP increase 3. Self contained oil system 4. No x-tra heat buildup 5. no turbo lag 6. no need for intercooler Order yours today!!
Part # 59400 4 cyl kit $2495** Part # 59410 6 cyl kit $2595**
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** Price and availability to be announced, 4 cyl available in Dec, V6 available in Jan. "
Too late to call them tonight so I will probably call tomorrow and just try and find out some more info about this. I dont' they have one laying on a shelf somewhere. And this was a 92 price for this kit. Probably more today of course.
Makes you wonder eh??
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jelly2m8 Member
Posts: 6261 From: Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: Jul 2001
All you old schoolers 5 years + in Fiero's probably saw the article on the Paxton unit that was used on a v6 , mounted on the Left side of the engine , with a shaft driving the unit off of the right side accessory. The car was in the 13's.
Something like this is pretty plauseable to do. You need a bracket for the SC drive pulley , sealed bearing , Mounting bracket for the blower itself , depending on what kind of boost numbers you want , you may want bigger injectors , and a Dynotuner piggy back system.
Would be great to have the low end grunt an SC provides... But with 3.8SC's with low miles for under $2000 , it seems kind of pointless.
JM
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Dennis LaGrua Member
Posts: 15754 From: Hillsborough, NJ U.S.A. Registered: May 2000
Guys with just a little help from a race car exhaust shop or a person who is a plumber and a good mig welder; you can install a turbo yourself. It' s basically just a plumbing job. You buy the turbo the bends and the mounting flange and put it all together. As for the tuning and a "plug in" ECM turbo chip; I'm refining this as we speak. As for a supercharger for the 2.8L, 3.1L, 3.4L PR family; there is just not enough room in the Fiero engine compartment to keep the A/C and add a supercharger, but someone may yet prove me wrong
I was thinking the same thing. But the trouble I have is the ECM. What changes need to take place there with the chip. I know I don't have the expertise to burn a chip for the changes.
I haven't looked at the engine bay close yet, but my initial thought was to move the battery to the front, make a bracket for a Vortec and measure for a longer belt. I have side scoops that are functional on both sides of the GT. So I was thinking I could bring the cold air in from the passenger side.
Designing is the hard part. I know a few people that can weld and bend me some tubing. Also a couple of machinist that could make the plates I need to bolt it up.
Originally posted by Slammed Fiero: Would be great to have the low end grunt an SC provides... But with 3.8SC's with low miles for under $2000 , it seems kind of pointless.
JM
Slammed,
Not really pointless, The cost can be more than most think. With the 2.8 no kits are needed for the engine just creating one for the S/C. The 3.8 S/C will cost around $1800 plus if you buy a kit from Twin lakes that will cost you $3500.00?
So can you modify a 2.8, bore and stroke it to 3.3-3.4 and put a S/C on it for less than that. I think so. Less HP maybe, maybe not over the stock 3.8 S/C.
Just a thought.
Earl
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Posts: 3195 From: St. Louis, Mo, USA Registered: Jul 2001
Why a supercharger you ask? 1. Ease of installation vs Turbo. 2. Comparable HP increase 3. Self contained oil system 4. No x-tra heat buildup 5. no turbo lag 6. no need for intercooler
Um, I think number 6 is not entirely accurate. Most of the heat generated from a turbo, and a supercharger is by the compression of the air alone. I believe that a turbo only adds about 10%-20% to the overall heat increase compared to a supercharger. I would still run an intercooler with an SC. One of the reasons why you don't see many inter/after coolers on aftermarket supercharger kits is because most of them are not running more than 7 or 9 lbs of boost. Still, an intercooler would be effective. Check out thrasher's intercooler kit for the 3800 series II SC engine which increased power by 40hp and greatly reduced the engine's tendancy to detonate.
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1987 Pontiac GTA 5.7L SuperRam MPFI 4L60-E Trans 3.73 SRD
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Originally posted by Dennis LaGrua: .... As for a supercharger for the 2.8L, 3.1L, 3.4L PR family; there is just not enough room in the Fiero engine compartment to keep the A/C and add a supercharger, but someone may yet prove me wrong
Heh...stop over sometime and see where mine's going Plenty of room...if you do a little reengineering. I do need a jack shaft made though.
Well... Going back to 1989-90s someone here who was really into Fieros then (like me!) could probably remember this. At some point during that time there was a company offering an Eaton type supercharger system for the Fiero. It replaced the intake manifold with the supercharger setup similar to the SVT Mustangs and Lightning. I remember the pictures and the price was between $2k-$3K then. I remember dreaming about that setup then and that someday I would be able to buy it. Later on (91-93?) was that company with the twin turbo setup. I don't know if any of those superchargers was ever made or sold. But at least I remember seen the advertisement in a magazine for at least 6 months. Anyone here remembers that one?
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LoW_KeY Member
Posts: 8081 From: Hastings, MI Registered: Oct 2001
I think I saw the unit you are talking about on p. 15 of _Fiero Owner_ (3rd Quarter 1990). There is a reprint of an article that appeared in _Sport Compact Car_ (Fall 1990, pp. 44-47) which had a photo of an '87 Fiero GT with a KF supercharger (owned by Ray Fageol). It looks just as you describe it.
I neglected to post the name of that Fiero's owner in the other thread. It was Randy O'Donahue of Haskell, NJ. The article said he owned his own machine shop.
If anyone has a similar setup with either type of supercharger, please post.
Plenty of room...if you do a little reengineering. I do need a jack shaft made though.
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