General Supercharger Thread

Good info for the first post! @snivilous

 

Transmission update 4
Truck is done! Can’t make it there this weekend with plans already on the book but will pick up Monday most likely!

 

There’s a limit to going to small on the upper. Larger crank pulley is available. Too small on the upper alone leads to belt slip. What size that is still tbd. But this was very common when doing cobras, lightnings etc. No different here.

 

Yay! Boooooooo...

 

lol I know right. We have a Friendsgiving tomorrow mid day and I can’t run out for 9 hours to grab my truck haha

 

That’s a good point. So size up the crank pulley to compensate and get some more horsetorques.

 

I know Prospeed and XAT offer larger crank pulleys and ASP will make any size you need.
Last week when I called for a smaller water pump pulley he was making a 7 inch pulley for a Tundra owner. I'm still running the ASP 6.8 inch crank pulley and @snivilous 2.0 SC pulley with no issues, so far...

 

Welcome to the boosted side!

 

Oooooooh yeah!! Premium fuel. Premium smiles. Premium patience no longer needed.

 

Been on premium since day 1. Its all about the Smile-Per-Mile

 

Weather was nice today, so I started my Oil cooler project...first mounting option didn't work out, so I ended up with the solution below. It's pretty solid, but I still want another mounting point, need to trim the other pieces down an inch or so and paint them. After that, I can remove the stock oil cooler and get my remote filter mounted and lines made.

 

Ordered a PSB-1 and PM'd @skip1980 about his vent gauge pod

Whats the verdict on catch cans? is that a day-1 kinda thing?

 

The catch can really helps keep the oil out of the intake, which keeps it off your intercooler brick, which keeps the efficiency up where it should be. Mine catches about 4-5 ounces per oil change.

 

It's a day 1 item, only need the PCV side, CCV isn't necessary.

 

Is there a prefered catch can that everyone seems to like?

 

The one from Amazon I got catches more oil than my radium did

 

My J&L seems to work well. That’s from 4K miles. Checked it today.

 

No need to spend $$ on a catch can. This is where you can save some$.

 

Yeah I'm not sure I agree w the catch can. I've put 12k on my setup and have nothing in mine. Good PCV valve and you shouldn't have any blow by. I may have wasted the $260 on the radium catch can.

 

Nice! It does work keeping the oil cooler. This summer the outlet was about 170-180 degrees depending on my driving. The oil sandwich plate starts opening at 176deg.
Water temp was at 185-195deg.

 

The newer Radium design seems to let a lot by, the earlier design catches quite a bit. Not sure what the deal is, maybe they have a fix if you contact their support?

 

Interesting. I’ll reach out. Here I was thinking my engine was just running top notch. Thanks!

 

I'm down for getting a cheap-o off Amazon. Where'd that bracket come from?

 

Fingers crossed, my temps were ~200F on both, I'm usually at 205F WCT when idling in carpool. My new oil thermometer opens at 180 and fully open at 185, hopefully being decoupled from the coolant will help. After this, I still need to do the transmission cooler and stock thermostat delete, hoping to mirror this install on the passenger side so my OCD will be happy.

 

Custom made mount @snivilous made for me since I wanted it in this spot since moving my window washer tank. Don’t think it’ll fit if the tanks not moved.

 

If you don't have a "medium" to help collect the atomized oil, throw some spall from a machine shop...or stainless steel coarse spirals...cheap as sh!t or free in the amount you'd need...a car has xan doesn't need to be expensive, just needs to work...

 

Gotcha.

I'll have to scour the pictures to see where people are mounting the cans.

 

When I deleted the transmission coolant puck and thermostat my trans stayed at 150-160 deg. I installed the Derale thermostat and it kept my trans temp at 190deg. That's where I wanted it at for longevity.
The engine cooler was cheap $75 ebay find. Black would of been better.

 

I know the fix to the new style can. I don't know what Radium was thinking with this new design, it doesn't work. I have to look back when I posted about it. But there is a fix.