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Posts Tagged ‘supercharger tuning’

Supercharger tuning for top end pull

Staying with this theme of ’superchargers can have great top end’; I’ve geared this post for supercharger tuning for top end pull.
Let’s say for example you owned a 4G69 2.4 liter Lancer Ralliart. The Ralliart is a 2.4 Liter stroker motor with a massive 100mm stroke. In stock trim the car produces 168hp @ 6000 [...]

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The Horsepower Calculator – Video 3 – Y-Pipes

We are excited to release the third in our series of How-To videos on using the horsepowercalculator.
In this edition:
Calculating the right dimensions for your exhaust system and more specifically for a Y-Pipe exhaust.
The application today is a 5.7 litre chevrolet Camaro supercharged to 530 hp.

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An LS3 and an Eaton M122 make for one crazy Vauxhaull

I am inspired by GM-Australia. They have taken the Vauxhaull (Pontiac GTO) family car and turned into a car for the automotive enthusiast family. The latest edition of the Vauxhall is dubbed the Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst S, and packs alot of bite. 
 
 
The Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst  S starts off with a factory 6.2 liter V8 producing 431 hp [...]

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Whipple supercharger takes a GT500 to within reach of 1000 HP!

Building on the potent GT-500 plant, there are many possible ways of creating more horsepower, from basic bolt ons, to upgraded superchargers, to oversized motors… This is a great article by MM&FF showing three different power stages that are possible for your GT-500:
 

Stage 1:    

JLT cold-air intake

Single-blade throttle body

Supercharger and crank overdrive pulleys

Bassani axle-back race exhaust

Everything [...]

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What modifications do I need when adding a supercharger to a truck?

 
 
What modifications do I need when adding a supercharger to a truck? What modifications do you need when adding a supercharger to any car for that matter?
 
When adding a supercharger to your car there isn’t that much that changes with the basics of how the car works. The main difference between a supercharged car and [...]

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Performance superchargers boost the performance of the BMW M3 CSL

 
I love limitless situations, the view of the open ocean, an endless twisty country road, and the limitless potential of
good engineering practices. One of the cars that I feel in love with a few years back is the BMW M3 CSL. The M3 badge tells you that this is a special car for a special [...]

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Supercharger tuning through cam selection and cam timing

Camshaft tuning is an essencial part of supercharger tuning. Camshafts orchestrate the valve opening and closing events in the engine and decide whether what comes out of our motor is beautiful high power music, or a mess of dysphonics.
The use of the proper supercharger optimized cam shaft can go a long way towards supercharger tuning [...]

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