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 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 08:09
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would anyone have any information about putting a 3T-GE into a ta22 and also how difficult is it to supercharge a 3T-GE.
would appreciate any help.
thanks Brad
p.s. if anyone happens to have one for sale i would be very interested.
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Re: 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 08:13
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why would you want to supercharge that motor when there is the turbo version of it?
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Tue, 22 October 2002 08:20
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1. It would be different
2. Fuel efficency
3. I just like superchargers
i dont have anything against turbo's but i would prefer to supercharge it and also as part of my ta2 project i am attempting to not only be powerfull as a bitch but also very fuel efficiant so thems my reasons but tha doesn't mean i wouldn't go a tubo version but i would like to make a supercharged version
thanks for your interest
 Brad 
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Sydney, Australia
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August 2002
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Tue, 22 October 2002 11:21
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Points 1 and 3 are very valid reasons. But supercharging will rarely improve fuel efficiency if at all. If you supercharge a NA engine, you will usually have to drop compression a little if you want to run any sort of decent boost which will result in poorer economy when off boost (ie. when cruising which is a lot of the time in normal street driving) - even if you run an air bypass. Also, superchargers take power away from the engine to make the boost and this power consumption goes up proportional to the square of engine speed, so its going to suck a lot of power at high revs, even though the boost will give you more power overall... however, more fuel used once again. Correctly setup turbo's are more efficient, but even turbo setups can't guarantee better economy. You might make a gain with supercharging if a car had a massively undersized engine to begin with.
Sorry I can't add anything more positive, other than agreeing that it certainly would be unique and supercharging will probably give you more grunt off the line which is good for a street car.
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Adelaide
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 Re: 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 12:48
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Thanks for the info mate and when i said fuel efficency i didn't mean that the super would help it i just thought one would be more efficiant then a turbo
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 13:14
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For a given power level, you will find that most likely the turbo will use less fuel than the supercharger, partly also because particularily a Rootes-type S/C will produce boost real low, like in normal driving.
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September 2002
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Re: 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 13:39
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do any of you guys know whats involved in putting one in a ta22 and also i've heard that its a front wheel drive engine. Is this True?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 13:42
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If you want to go to the expense you can get a BEAMS 3SGE from an Altezza which is a RWD version, all the others though are FWD or 4WD (same anyway) as far as I know...
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: 3S-GE info
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Tue, 22 October 2002 22:36
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Not that difficult to convert to rwd - it has been covered on the forums a number of times.
T
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