I have a little 2.8 V6 sitting under my hood... It doesn't put out much power... Anyone know of a lower cost turbo kit or supercharging kit? 135HP isn't enough for me, and I have so much room.

Cheers
-Mike

 

take a look at this:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/v6/3...ing-turbo.html

Cheers!

 

Awesome, just what I was looking for, thanks!

 

i am the original author of that thread and deff have some advice to offer.

if u have the ability and skills to weld i suggest u build a log header on the passenger side

while the under k member style turbo setup does work its far from being real good,it is fine for somone who would want a nice 100 rwhp boost and can even be pushed to around and extra 200 rwhp

when i built that setup the goal was just to get the car turbochared
with an auto trans with stock gears and converter it will be a bit laggy from a dead stop but anything from a 30+ mph roll will generally generate full boost in a hury

in that thread it also says u can get away with a 350 tpi injectors swap ad not need any tunning, which on a 2.8 based maf car will work
afr's will be a lil rich during idle and cruise but under boost u will see 12.0 -12.3 afrs

while that does work its far from being optimal and it leaves alot of power on the table

i highly suggest that u look into either tunning the stock ecm, amember in the v6 section blc has written some code for the maf based 2.8 ecm for boost u could contact him for more info

ur other option would be an aftermarket ecm i.e megasquirt bs3 fast accell etc

and btw im not saying the under k member style system wont work, but like i said if u have the ability u can build a much better system for the same price check out these links one is my updated build, and another is pilsburys build that i built a turbo system for with the help of pils and deadbird both members of thirdgen

here is pilsburys build
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/v6/5...my-3-4-t3.html

and mine
well not exactly a build thread but it does have pics of my newer turbo headers

if u build ur own i deff suggest doing the style i did on pilsburys car

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/powe...rbo-setup.html

 

Thanks man! Other than a turbo, what kind of work would it take to put a supercharger in it instead? What kind would I look at?

 

u could do a remote mount m90 step which would require you to make ur own brackets to mount the m90, the only other thing i could see working would be a a p600b supercharger and having a bracket made up to have it bolt to the front of the engine.

to be honest though turbos have been done, superchagers havent been done on the v6 yet so u will find alot more info on turboing it, as well as it is prolly cheaper to do

 

No way that turbocharging will be cheaper unless there are cheap, available manifolds... for that on a 2.8...

Sounds like you just gave enough incentive to go with supercharging...

 

I think it would be more cost effective to swap in a V8.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XljEUmCGc

 

why are you posting this link in every turbo thread?

 

Something tells me he may be the builder.

As long as we're linking things, here's the '165 ecm swap & Power Adder 6E.

 

haha could be who knows

 

naw this is my utube friend and i just came across his profile on here
his name is
daves12secV6

 

Why, that sounds like project89. Is he not done blowing stuff up?

 

may be the same guy idk

 

anyone know the best way to mount up a turbo to a stock 2.8, and if i do install a turbo should i remove all the factory emissions control **** and get a better exhaust

 

any why is the turbo not hooked to the throttle body? kinda pointless istn it

 

Just a thought or two

A)The Venture 3.4L makes 215HP or so. That's 80hp.

B)A stock Grand National turbo can be had for under 200 (I got a pair for 225 that are VERY tight) and would probably be good for a little over 300HP if your engine could take it. Throw a set of stock GN injectors in that engine, couple it with a tune and you've got a lot of fun for very little money if you can fabricate. Get a set of GTP 36lb/hr injectors or a set of Cobra 42s and go even further.
C)The 6 leaves plenty of room to fit an intercooler between the rad and the engine. Not optimal but the TTAs and the Buicks did this so I don't see it being a huge deal breaker.
D)If you got the MAP 1227730 ECU you can run Code 59 on it. Since some of the V6 F-bodies used this box it shouldn't be a difficult swap.
E)Look for some FWD manifolds, there is a very good chance that you can find a set that will cross over and have a common outlet making it easy to route a pipe to the turbo.

Overall I like the idea honestly. It could be a fun beater car. I don't necessicarily think you have to pull any of the smog gear, except maybe the smog pump. Even that may not be a deal breaker if it's post turbo injected.

 

for some reason he linked my startup video had the intercooler to tb pipe unhooked for the motor breakin