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Grand Am Turbo or Supercharger?


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soundagent 51
12-17-2004, 03:06 PM
My friend is looking for a turbo kit or a supercharger for his 97 pontiac grand am, so far we have only found one, anybody know were we can find some more???? oh, its a 2.4 liter dohc.thx!!!!!!

drdisque
12-17-2004, 03:45 PM
the only supercharger specifically made for that car is the RSM Racing one www.rsmracing.com , also GM Performance parts makes one (roots type, unlike the centrifugal RSM kit) for the 2.4L J-body which would require a bit of modification to work on a GA, but shouldn't be TOO much trouble.

Schister66
01-01-2005, 12:27 PM
if you can supercharge it, i think you should do that. There are fewer problems with the installation and it would make as much power as the turbo w/o the hassle of excess tubing and intercooling, etc.

beef_bourito
01-03-2005, 10:42 AM
Let`s not go into which one is better, there have been counless threads about that. I agree that for your car a supercharger would be better because vortech offers a supercharger for it and turbos are hard to find for it. http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com

-Jayson-
01-03-2005, 12:40 PM
turbos are not hard to find at all for them. And the GM supercharger will be a direct bolt on. Just look for kits for cavaliers 2.4L 2000-2002

nissanfanatic
01-04-2005, 07:51 PM
if you can supercharge it, i think you should do that. There are fewer problems with the installation and it would make as much power as the turbo w/o the hassle of excess tubing and intercooling, etc.

Guess what? Air gets just as hot when its compressed by a supercharger as it does when its compressed by a turbocharger. The one with the higher efficiency makes less heat. Wanna go over 7psi? Better get an intercooler whether its a turbo or a supercharger. But where are you gonna put an intercooler on a supercharger that bolts directly to the manifold? Gotta look to different means of cooling the intake charge.

Arguably, manifolds are gonna be a pain to find/make/install.

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