superchargers

it's been a long time since i have done anything with my truck, i still got a head gasket problem but i maybe getting the motor pulled and rebuilt.(stock) i have talked to a lot of people and they have talked me out of using a turbo. so my question is what supercharger would work for my 2.2ltr. it is an 89 b2200. i have thought it over and it would be nice to do something off the wall like that. if you have read other post i have done it kinda gives it away. i want to do something different from the next guy. so i hope i can get an answer outa this.

There was a kit waay back in the day called a Mr Adkins kit....here is a pic. {someone correct me if I'm wrong}



You would have to look long and hard to find one of these kits still around.

The next thing I would look for is a Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe. It was made in 89. You could find a supercharger off one of those engines, but you will have to mod it quite a bit.

Best bang for the buck, and easier {since no one makes a SC kit} to fab would be a turbo setup. More power, better gas mileage to boot.

thank you mtrain but the down side of a turbo is if that turbo spins wrong ill be back at square one a truck broke down. i was going to turbo a motor for my stang cause it was going to be a track queen but since i have thought it over and over again im looking to not go down that road and im selling my stang, so i can put money into my b2200. i just wanted to do something off the wall and since i knew that superchargers aren't that hard on motors as a turbo are i was wanting to do it. i found a supercharger website they said it can be done on any car so i don't know! i'm at a stopping point.

I don't know what your talking about with the turbo spinning wrong, unless you are referring to a turbo setup without either a bypass valve, or blowoff valve. I've owned three factory turbo cars.

Two 86 Mustang SVO's, and on 88 Thunderbird turbocoupe. Neither had a bypass valve, and both boosted to 14 psi with no problems. However I did add a Bosh valve to the higher mileage SVO.

You are wrong about turbo's being harder on an engine vs a supercharger.

The supercharger is harder on the engine since it takes power to turn it, thus puts a lot of strain on the crankshaft, depending on how much boost its making.

A turbo uses exhaust gas that would be wasted to turn a turbine wheel attached to a compressor wheel to make boost. Now if your exh is too restrictive you can build up too much back pressure on a turbo charged setup, which is why you use a free flowing exhaust, ie: headers, bigger pipes, less restrictive mufflers.

Also given two identical engines, one with a supercharger, and one with a turbo, and both making 9 psi of boost, the turbo engine will make more HP, and TQ vs the supercharged engine.

both are hard on engines if you arent tuned for them. Turbos are easier to put together from scratch if you had to however. Plus theres tons of stock turbo applications to supply spare parts.

reviving a dead thread. did this idea ever go anywhere, i have a supercharger and a new(to me) b2200 i would like to experiment with

what is your supercharger to? i mean u have to think about what u want before planning an install. turbo is a lot easier really. i have made 4 custom turbo cars and they are reliable along with my 4wd nissan supercharged. each have their strong points. supercharged is more easily streetable with the boost being controlled by the crankshaft pulley while turbo requires a bypass valve/blow off valve and a wastgate (internal or external). the turbo is just as reliable dont get me wrong but cheap parts equal boost leak or peaky boost and in worst cases overboosting. I personally like my supercharged truck over my turbo car but as for race applications the turbo is way more powerful but for torque the supercharger is going to be better for towing applications. if u need anymore information i can supply it or help guide you. If u are anywhere close to me I could help u possibly make a mount if needed.

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I live in bc so I don't think you would be able to help lol. The supercharger I have is an Eaton m90 so it's fairly big which is why I'm not sure it would work but I would like to try at least. I might be getting my hands on a donor engine so I was going to fab it up to run on a stand with a sc then install it into my truck