Author Topic: Wanting to supercharge my 360 4-barrel, is there anything i should do first?  (Read 976 times)

Offline Sukhoi

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I have a 74 challenger with a crate 360 (stock mopar as far as i know)  And i wanted to supercharge it (not nessecarily a bigass blower sticking out of the hood, i might go with a centrifugal)

Basically, is there any thing that i would need to do to the engine beforehand, or can I just install the supercharger and be good?




Offline Chryco Psycho

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depemds what you want the result to be , you can just bolt on the blower But if it was me I would use forged pistons, reduce the compression & have a cam made specifically for blown engines to maximize the results considering all the cost to do the conversion

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Offline tactransman

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If you want the full benefits of the blower you need to do what Chryco says. :iagree:

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Offline Rob C

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You'll probably be limited to 5 or 6 psi. A came change is in order. A wide centerline cam is best for this. Also, if you don't have a Holley carb for this, I'd get one. The Carter /Edelbrock is doable so I'm told. However, Holley mods for this are allways done. Nitrophil floats are needed I'm told. A fuel pump upgrade may veru well be needed to overcome the intake pressure.
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Offline matts73cuda

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here is a company that specializes in that for mopars http://www.thesuperchargerstore.com/

good luck