3.4L supercharger

Have you guys seen Blue Devil engine cool? Reduces coolant temp 25 degrees. Is that any good?

 

Advance auto parts has a 170 thermostat for 15.00 is what I put in.

 

I’ll pick one up.

 

I’ve heard of some other products similar but they do not work with antifreeze.

Not sure about this product

 

I was reading on altitude and supercharger a. Is it true that every thousand feet is a loss of 0.5 psi of boost. So at 6k feet your lose 3?

 

Yep, air gets thinner the higher you go which makes it harder to produce boost. Less power in general for any engine the higher elevation you are. On the plus side though, you're less likely to run lean at higher elevation and the air is generally cooler which helps overall

 

Yup, close to that, the stock pulley puts out 4 pounds in Denver

yup, that’s why we need a smaller pulley here in Denver to get more boost.

The 2.2 pulley is a safe pulley to use here in Denver with out mods and should get you 6-7 pounds of boost

 

I would be wary of adding anything to the coolant, a lot of times stuff like that will gunk up your radiator and cooling system long term.

 

I bought one too
Not installed yet

 

Ok, so here's my current plan then:

Phase 1:
Supercharger kit with stock pulley
Gates belt
1 step cooler spark plugs (Denso 5310 IK22 Iridium Power Plug)
AFR (Innovate PSB-1) to start learning how the truck behaves before further upgrades/additional boost

Phase 2:
Auto trans shift kit
Headers
Cat-back exhaust
Maybe new cat if it got messed up from previous owner burning coolant through it for unknown mileage - need to figure out how to test, passed strict CARB emissions, so unlikely to be bad.

Phase 3:
Gates belt
Meth

Phase 4:
Smaller pulley

 

Just talked to a buddy that had a 6 pound S/C and always read 4 PSI on his gauge in Denver.

John, would 4 PSI be a nice boost in power relatively speaking?

 

Sounds like a good reason to start out with a smaller pulley to me

 

LOL. It does. But I like to go step by step. It’s how I roll. I wanna see how it is fully stock. It’s my daily driver.

 

If I don't notice any power gain with 4 PSI, we’ll go smaller. But my buddy said 4 PSI was good/noticeable. I’ll report back.

 

It will definitely be noticeable, there are some low boost supercharger kits that LCEngineering sells for other Toyota engines that only put up 4psi. It's a modest number but it will definitely add some pep to a stock engine.

 

That’s all I need. I just want it to be kinda like my 1990 5.0 Mustang. Torque and power at the low RPMS. Handles like crap but goes fast in a straight line.

 

Just beware that boost is a rabbit hole in it's own right...might feel satisfied with it at first but soon it'll be 'normal' and you're going to want more lol. It's fun though my wallet hates me

 

X2

 

I’m pretty much doing the same thing

Beware-The headers are a pain

I’ll let you know how the TransGo upgrade goes

I plan on taking pics.

Don’t forget a Transmission cooler!

 

Stock pulley you can start with and you will feel the extra power.

Then get a 2.2 if you want. As you probably will be ok with no ping or just a little.

That should get you to 6 pounds