Tyler0309

me and my friends were talking and they have tuners that are super charged - turbo charged etc. and they said that i should procharge my 95 z28. so what im asking is where to get i good kit for a good price and wont crap out on me and what else i need to do. i currently havent done any mods to the car so any other recommendation would help alot. it a automatic with 90xxx miles on it if that means anything. thanks for the help guys

RamAir95TA

Stock f-bodies do not take well to boost. Not to mention the astronomical price of supercharger kits nowadays - $6k for a new kit. You're also starting in the hole since you have zero modifications. Unless you have a TON of money to burn you're heading down the wrong path. A properly supercharged engine needs to be built to handle the boost - minimum $3000 for the bottom end, a GOOD exhaust, the list goes on.

For the price, you could have a more reliable heads/cam/bolt-on LT1 with more power than a supercharger alone.

Tyler0309

could you tell me some places to look for those things. and thanks for the input

RamAir95TA

Take a look at the site sponsor list. Just about anything you could ask for is provided. Tons of links to choose from rather than me typing them all out.

97WS6SCharged

I wouldn't say a heads/cam car is anymore reliable than a supercharged car.

xxsaint69x

hopefully you have a lot of money, time and patience

what's your budget?

RamAir95TA

I should point out that my reliability statement is based on the decision to supercharge a stock motor with a stock bottom end. If the motor is built to handle the boost properly then yes, the reliability would be similar.

Not to mention the unfortunate temptation of new supercharger owners who immediately put on a smaller pulley and tempt fate...

MEAN LT1

Very true. Im was one of those people.

Kevin Blown 95 TA

Nope and he still needs most of the supporting mods, not to mention probably replacement of some worn out cam bearings, oil pump, and other stuff. It's expensive and a lot of work anyway he decides to go. It's not a new car he's starting out with. Of course, he didn't tell us anything about his car so we don't know what's already been done to it or what kind of shape it is in.

OP, my advice to you is to save up some money and read this forum for an hour every night for the next few months.

Kevin Blown 95 TA

Yep - definitely a road that a lot of us have been down.

jerry2004

not to steal the op's thunder but what is the ideal cr i would need to run 8 lbs of boost right now i have all forged internals lt4 intake lt4 heads ported and polished, cam block is bored .20 and my cr right now is 11.5:1. i have been told that is way to high to boost it but i want to get some other opinions.

RamAir95TA

Depends on how much boost you want to run, your HP/ET requirements, etc. Might want to try the FI forum.

But if it were me, I'd go between 9 and 9.5:1. I will certainly agree that 11.5:1 is way too high for ANY amount of boost.

jerry2004

i appreciate the info man so it looks like i will just go with the funny gas to get what i want on the track. pocket book is to tight to buy a new set of pistons rings and all the **** for the blower. thanks again for the help

Injuneer

Do not go cheap on the "funny gas"..... or you will need new pistons and rings and maybe a whole new engine. I've been running nitrous almost since my car was new, starting with an NOS 125HP dry kit on the stock engine in 1995, and now running a 300-shot on a totally forged 381 that was specifically built to handle that kind of power. I've burned a few plugs, and suffered from a a minor "pop" that bent up my throttle blades, but limiting the damage is the result of installing the correct components, and tuning, tuning, tuning.