Supercharged 3800

[Dan Zorde]

Your biggest problem would be the internals of the engine, I'm sure someone (a 
while back) said the internals were much stronger.  It's not just the standard 
3800 with a S/C bolted on.

Dan	dzorde at soanar.com.au

-----Original Message-----
From:	Peter Jaramaz [SMTP:pjaramaz at ingenico.com.au]
Sent:	Wednesday, 29 April, 1998 6:53 AM
To:	'DIY_EFI'
Subject:	Supercharged 3800

Hi all,

Q regrading S/C 3800.

In Aus thay're fitted in Holdens. Drove one on the weekend in a LWB luxo barge 
Statesman and was extremely surprised by the grunt as well as the linear power 
delivery.

Now, wanted to force induct my own earlier 3800, questions I have is if I mount 
the S/C between the engine and throttle body (with the MAP sensor on the 
throttle body), can I get away with running a 1 bar/atmo MAP sensor as the MAP 
would never see boost. 

My only concern is the MAP may be subject to too much vacuum under hi rev/lo 
TPS.

Would this cause a problem?

Any comments suggestions?

Anyone Stateside know the price of a factory S/C for a 3800 - a local importer 
here has a new one but wants $1800. I can buy a brand new complete engine from 
Holden for approx $5000, which makes the $1800 for a bare S/C seem a little 
high :-(