Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

[98RED3.8]

Will a supercharger from a 99 Buick Regal GS 3800 bolt mount straight to my 3.8? Has anyone done this? Search turned up nothing related.

[dmw319]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

if its the one that goes on top of the engine.. no.

[98RED3.8]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

That'd be the one. Thanks.

[dmw319]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

if youre curious as to why it wont work... it simply doesnt fit. the hood would have to be modified, as well as the windshiled and cowl. lots of custom work would end up being the cost of just buying a supercharger that fits. hope this helps!

[98RED3.8]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

Definitely helps. My mom just got my grandmothers Regal GS and asked me if I wanted it since my grandmother cant drive anymore. I think I'm gonna go get the car just to keep as a second vehicle. Thanks for the info.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

do the super chargers from other buicks or GTPs work on our 3.8s?

[dmw319]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

i dont think so.

[IfYouDoFeelComfortable]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

its not just just about clearance... on the supercharged cars the injectors are in the heads and not the intake manifold.. even if u got it to fit it would not work

[IfYouDoFeelComfortable]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

this is just what i have heard... not worth even trying tho

[UDLOSE98]

Re: Supercharger from 99 Regal GS

i'll post it again..............................

repost, but I am bored so here we go....

is it possible? yes

can you just slap it on there? no

Pontiac motors are transversely mouted to accomidate for FWD. So on a GTP, for example, they dont need to try to fit the blower underneath the cowl, like on our cars. However, there are a few M-90(GTP) blowers that are made for our Mid-engine. They are mostly from Australia or Europe, these blowers will mount on top of you Lower Intake Manifold, and this is granting you dont have to cut away some of the cowel. The reason that the foriegn made blowers are the only ones that will work is because they have the intake modified to wrap back around to the front of the car, as with a regular GTP where it just comes sright out the side. This massive bend in the pipe causes a lot of HP's to go bye bye. after that you need a new crank pulley so that something is driving the super charger. then you would need a fuel managment unit or injectors, a tune, and violla you have one, very mediocre M-90 super charger.

Is it worth it? no. There are 1-2 people who have done this, so good luck getting help when you need it on an install. Also I am pretty sure you will have to pull the motor to complete the install cause there is no way you are going to be able to tightne down some of the blower bolts towards the rear. I also think you will need a brake booster relocation. As well a modified fuel rail and I am sure there is way more.

Moral of the story....much better of buying a turbo kit or powerdyne Ssuper charger.