tonyge

i posted an add saying i wanted a supercharger and this is what someone wrote me Anthony,

I have a supercharger from a Ford Thunderbird V6 motor that I would like to sell. All it lacks is a drive pulley, which I'm sure can be purchased inexpensively. I'm asking $200. Obviously, this would have to be custom fitted to your application.

Jim Susko
G-Force Engineering
now is this possible to make this work on my car with out side effects?

SuperchargedRex

Well, you need a manifold, the one from http://www.atkinsrotary.com might fit. You'll have to align the pulleys, rig up your fuel injection and everything else, or switch to a carb. You'll also have to check the pulley sizes to make sure you don't overspin the supercharger.

Yes you can make it work without side effects.

tonyge

how do i know if the pulleys are the right size. and how would i make all the pulleys line up like u said.and how do i know if the mainifold will work or not.

SureShot

Offer him $20. If it's more trouble than it's worth, you can afford to pitch it.

SuperchargedRex

Well, you'll need to swap out your crank pulley for a serpentine, and then get matching pulleys for the alternator and air pump. In order to size the pulleys, you need to know what the maximum rpm the supercharger can spin at. For example, the impellar on my centrifugal sc has a max rpm of 42,000. Now, there's a 4:1 gear internal, and I have a 5" diameter pulley on the crank and a 3" dia. pulley on the blower, so the max that I can spin the supercharger to is ~6000 rpm. If I take the engine beyond that, I could blow the sc by seizing a bearing. Since he's just selling the supercharger, you'll have to order all your own pulleys. I've heard good things about these guys: http://www.aspracing.com/frame.htm

The only way of knowing whether the manifold will work is to look at the two parts and see if they'll mate up. Try and find out the make and model of the blower from the guy, and then talk to Atkins; they might know about it.

As for the pulleys, you have to shim them so that they are all in the same plane, otherwise your serpentine belt will get trashed quickly.

Good luck.

deadof_knight

it sounds like its more headache than its worth ,but if you know the right people then it could come out ok and not cost 3000 dollars