I was wanting a supercharger on my 94 but then read on here that someone said they are ticking time bombs. What causes that? do they make TOO much compression that the engine eventually cracks under it? I was also thinking, since the stock compression is at 10.5:1 why don't i just get some bigger heads to knock the compression down a tad to like 9.0:1 then put the charger on there. Would that work and still get a good amount of power gain or would it just be a trade off and lose compression/power, then add compression/gain power?

 

From the people I have known in the past that have blown their engines with s chargers, they usually melt piston 7 or 8. JUst from the couple eople I have known in the past.

Z

 

177,000 miles, soon to be 178,000 and NO REBUILD!

That says enough to me... I wouldn't put a blower on a motor with that many miles.

Bret

 

or a cam for that matter! Rebuild all the way

 

Dropping the compression helps, but it still doesn't really fix the problem of the motor having cast pistons in it. Cast pistons with 178,000 miles on them doesn't help the cause much either. If you want to install a blower, then do it, but just be ready for the day when it goes boom. May be the same day you install the blower, it may last another 50k miles.

 

I plan on saving up the money over the winter (since that's when i won't drive it) and take it apart then, then rebuild it with new fel-pro gaskets, new pistons hopefully if i get the money (for better compression), and if i REALLY have enough money, port my heads/intake/tb. Is there anything else i should upgrade/rebuild? would new rockers and lifters be a good idea?

 

Yes, new rockers, lifters, pushrods, bearings, etc... Also, you need to upgrade your fuel system and ignition for a blower.

 

ok, so i should upgrade all this rght?...

-gaskets
-bearings
-lifters
-rockers
-pushrods
-pistons
-port (if i have the money)

EDIT: also, does anyone know what the heads are on 94 camaros stock? i was looking at some pistons that create 11:1 compression with 74cc heads, but that doesn't sound right, help please!

 

crankshaft......

 

Decide how much power you want to make or how fast you want to go, then check out some of the setups in the FI section of the board.

 

That's the thing, i want to gain as much power as possible without losing gas mileage, this is my daily driven car and i already get 12 miles to the gallon

And for the crankshaft, is it a 3.48 balance/what ever you call it? or is that something i could upgrade to gain power without losing mileage? If you guys could make a list for me of everything i can upgrade to get power without losing gas i would greatly appreciate it.

 

The combustion chambers on your LT-1 are 54CC's.Your piston's are hyper-u-craptit.

 

k thanks, i was thinking they were 64cc but 54 is even better. And if i got a bigger camshaft would i really lose my already crappy gas mileage? or does it just increase the amount of air getting sucked in? (i'm a newb when it comes to this technical engine stuff, sorry for my stupidity)

 

It will take away maybe 2-3MPG,but it won't kill it.

 

I already get probly 10 MPG, which sucks for driving back and forth between work and school.

And here's the pistons i was looking at, it would raise the stock compression of 10.5:1 to 11.6:1 Is that too much? Item number 648-H3418.STD (first one) on Jegs

Or even these here