Anyone know about supercharging a 3800 Firebird or Camaro ?

[ModernMuscleHead]

I was wondering if anyone knew anything about supercharging a 3800 V-6 Camaro or Firebird. Where I live I see a few Fieros running around with GTP engines and it made me wonder if you could take the supercharger off a wrecked GTP and put it on a 3800 F-body. Has anyone seen this done, or know if its even possible ?

[3800_Firebird]

I have seen this done by a guy near me in Allendale. He spent a long time on it and I guess the car is sold.

It was a regular 3800 II, as installed in a f-body. I believe he upgraded the fuel injectors and the ignition a bit, to be able to tune the car.

The problem with 3800 II's from a FWD is that the air intake is opposite of what our RWD 3800II's are. If you plunked a FWD SC 3800, you'd have to route the air intake from the back to where you wanted it to suck, and that involves some firewall mods.

If you achieved a mild boost a la SC 3800, you'd be acheiving HP close to LT1. This guy never said what power he was getting, but I've heard the 3800 can be boosted quite far on stock parts.

[ConElite]

I remember seeing a guy Build a 3800 with a turbo set-up and was pushing like 500+ RWHP. Its possible but its going to take a lot of $$$$.

[99Firebird3800]

To put the M90 from a GTP on an F-body, it requires alot of firewall modification. It also requires some rework to the cooling system, and your t-stat has now become a bear to change. You'll probably also want to do the equivalent of a 'top swap' and change over the heads, fuel rail, crank pulley, etc. to properly run it. However, once it's on there you're putting down about 250 hp due to the higher compression over the L67 in the GTP. That's if you don't do any more mods (cam/head work/headers/smaller pulley/tune/exhaust), which can get you upwards of 400 on stock engine internals.

It's probably easier to just go turbo. But let it be known that there is a company in Wyoming, Michigan, that has a turbo Grand Prix running high 8-second quarter-miles. It's pretty much the same engine as what is in an F-body but with a different lower intake. I forget what the HP numbers are, but it's pretty rediculous.

[FTA1995]

Some kid crashed his Grand Am while i was working for the dealership, it had a single turbo package in it, on the 3400 series 3 i think?
It was strange, I don't know how much work was done, but it took about 9-10 psi. Had to pick it up from the bodywork place and that thing had some giddy up. Just goes to show you can put a blower on anything from lawnmowers to semi's, you just gotta know your what you're doin.