|
|

"Before" shot of a stock GM 4.8-liter V-8 engine.
|

This supercharger's pulley bracket (right) is much larger than the stock unit. Before installing it, you'll need to remove the air intake, fan shroud, radiator hoses, pulleys and accessory belt. (A slightly longer one is supplied with this supercharger kit).
|

The new blower bracket simply bolts onto the stock mounting locations.
|

New pulley bracket for supercharger installed.
|

The heart of the system, the centrifugal supercharger, is a compact yet powerful unit.
|

After attaching an oil drain hose, you can bolt on the blower and re-install the other accessory and idler pulleys.
|

The oil drain for the blower needs to be attached to the oil pan by drilling and tapping a hole in the pan, and then installing a hose fitting.
|

The blower also needs to be fed oil via an adapter sandwiched between the oil cooler boss and pan.
|

This kit's fuel-management unit restricts the fuel return line to increase pressure on the delivery side, compensating for increase airflow from the supercharger.
|

The additional fuel pump is added adjacent to the stock fuel filter. Additional wiring is required for the secondary fuel pump, which is connected to unused circuits in the fuse box.
|

A new air-filter box and intake hoses must be fitted to the blower, along with a breather hose for the crankcase. A bit of custom fitting of the new radiator hose and tubing is required as well.
|

Next, install the discharge duct.
|

A bypass valve must be added as well to prevent a sudden lift-throttle condition from causing lean-out of the air/fuel mixture.
|

Installation is complete.
|

After all the plumbing and wires are hooked up, the final step to installing this kit is to reflash the computer with the "micro tuner" supplied with the supercharger package.
|