It is a good idea to research the processes involved before you begin working on the installation.
There are three general types of supercharger. Roots, screw, and centifual. They are all belt driven. Both the screw and roots bolt directly to the manifold. Where as a centrifugal is not. Also a centrifugal psi output increases in direct relation to engine RPM. Screw and roots generally produce peak psi mid way through the rpm range, but are more stressful on the engine.
Archimedes of Syracuse invented the water screw, and Sir Joseph Whitworth invented the first standard screw thread system.
To install a screw, you use a screwdriver to turn the screw until the head meets the surface that you are screwing the screw into.
It is a person preference question, what do you want from the system? I would recommend if you want... low end torque/ throttle response- Kenne bell/whipple screw supercharger A daily driver that you want close to stock cruising/part throttle characteristics, but more power when you need it - go turbo.
First, mesure your door, then find out a screen door as close your mesurement.. Then screw it on the surface.
There is a black Allen set screw on the passenger side of the blower facing the front of the car. You have to remove the plastic engine cover to access it. The fluid level should be at the bottom of the threads. Only use GM supercharger oil in the supercharger. Hope this helps. "G"
Depends on the type of supercharger and your mechanical skills... A centrifugal superchargers (procharger, Paxton, vortech) is a lot of easy (for a backyard mechanic)work, removing/relocating, trimming minor parts. They are easier than screw or positive displacement superchargers (Whipple, kenne bell, magnuson) which usually requires replacing the intake manifold. You can check the links below and read the installation instructions and see if you would be up to it.
Most of the time a supercharger is not replacing anything. You are just adding on extra parts, like a fuel pump, larger fuel injectors, brackets, etc. However with roots or twin screw type superchargers you actually are replacing the whole top of the manifold, since the supercharger bolts on top of their own manifold.
Roots or screw supercharger... spooling Abosultely YES. centrifugal like paxton,vortech, procharger, rotex it "spooling" depends... A supercharger is directly driven from the engine, and therefore delivers boost all the way through the rev range(roots or screw supercharger), improving bottom-end response, Centrifugal can give more boost in first gear than a turbo in first gear from a stop) at the expense of losing a few horsepower because of the load on the engine of the supercharger. A turbocharger uses exhaust gasses to spin up a turbine, which then drives an impeller, to compress incoming air, thus increasing horsepower. However, turbochargers are not very responsive at low RPMs, "taking sometime" to 'spin up', (really depends on the size of the turbo/turboes) this delay in speed, causes so-called 'turbo lag', where there is a delay getting the boost from the time you floor it, until u get boost. So, a supercharger may make a car 'quicker' from an idle start, because of its continuous boost(roots/screw supercharger), a turbocharger is better when it 'catches up' because it doesn't rob as much horsepower from the engine.
That model has a max continuous RPM of 11,000, and a max RPM of 12,000
Its on the right side ,front of the tank screw off the bowl and install filter and bleed system
There is a hex screw located on the top of the supercharger pump (that's the beltdriven device at the top left of the engine as you face the car from the front). Unscrew the hex screw and use a hand held baster to suck out the old fluid. You then need to buy two bottles of GM Supercharger fluid. Go online and search for it. Each bottle holds 4 oz. Both should empty into the pump. I think I ordered mine from a place named paceauto.com. Remember to put the hex screw back in the pump.