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[chulodanny44]

is it possible to use a supercharger from a grand prix on a 3.4 liter motor?

[IDoVoodoo]

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nope!

[flyboy367]

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yes it is, it depends on how deep your wallet is. if your not looking to sit at the line and spin and save some cash, make a turbo setup. cheap off junkyard parts and you get that little extra grip time from the lag. i spent a good deal of cash making my supercharged gtp run faster, then someone made a turbo kit and on a stock motor its faster then a modded supercharger engine.

[97rs4life]

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yes it is, it depends on how deep your wallet is. if your not looking to sit at the line and spin and save some cash, make a turbo setup. cheap off junkyard parts and you get that little extra grip time from the lag. i spent a good deal of cash making my supercharged gtp run faster, then someone made a turbo kit and on a stock motor its faster then a modded supercharger engine.

uh, not on a 3.4, if he had a 3.8 it would be doable. But on a 3.4 it is not

[Forced_Firebird]

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uh, not on a 3.4, if he had a 3.8 it would be doable. But on a 3.4 it is not

Really? I've see many remote mount Eatons. If you have fabrication skills and tools, it's not that difficult...




Turbo is the route I took. Cost about $1200 in parts, and about 20-30hrs to install (including making all the flanges, brackets, installing WB etc)...



More here...
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ird/?start=all

[Smoke Panther]

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Really? I've see many remote mount Eatons. If you have fabrication skills and tools, it's not that difficult...

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Do you really think the OP is capable of that degree of fabrication and customized work? For all intent and purposes, it wouldn't be possbile for the OP to put a eaton on his/her 3.4

[chulodanny44]

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where and how did u go about fabing the parts, and what stage turbo are yoiu using

[97rs4life]

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Really? I've see many remote mount Eatons. If you have fabrication skills and tools, it's not that difficult...

yea I understand that it can be done with remote mount, but because of the fact that he had to ask about putting one on a 3.4 tells me he does not have the tools or the fabrication skills needed to do it. Hence why I said no to his question.

Turbo would be the better route for his 3.4 for sure.

[Forced_Firebird]

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Smoke, 97 - yes you're right. Not the avg person can do a fabrication like this, but to say it can't be done...


It can actually be done for very little money - with access to proper tools, and a little bit of knowledge, experience, or both.

[95firebird3.4]

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Smoke, 97 - yes you're right. Not the avg person can do a fabrication like this, but to say it can't be done...


It can actually be done for very little money - with access to proper tools, and a little bit of knowledge, experience, or both.

hey forced do you have to hook up a oiling system up to a turbo?

[97rs4life]

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hey forced do you have to hook up a oiling system up to a turbo?

yes you do

[95firebird3.4]

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yes you do

how do you route it?

[Forced_Firebird]

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how do you route it?

Put a tee fitting on the oil pressure sender to the turbo, then weld a return bung in the oil pan.

I thought I had pics in my photobucket, but they are somewhere on the hard drive (with about 10,000 others).

[95firebird3.4]

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Put a tee fitting on the oil pressure sender to the turbo, then weld a return bung in the oil pan.

I thought I had pics in my photobucket, but they are somewhere on the hard drive (with about 10,000 others).

did u have to drop the oil pan??

[Forced_Firebird]

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I didn't at first, and kept getting drips. After detonating and spinning a rod bearing, I replaced the bearing with the motor in the car, and sealed it up better.

After the second time I blew the motor, a friend mentioned that I should have put some plumbing flux on there and rub some solder into it while it was hot. I think that would have done it.

Some people have drilled and threaded a fitting into it, then wrapped it wth epoxy. I perfer the welding, and since a welder is needed to make the turbo pipes, it was there- now working on getting my 3rd welder - TIG this time :D

If you want to trust it an oil pump can be added and the oil pumped into the valve covers.

The oil line is the least of your worries if you are going to build a turbo. Don't make the mistake I did of turbocharging BEFORE you have a good grasp on fuel/spark tuning.