82 Plymouth Turismo 2.2

[supercharged024]

Well, I finally got around to getting the supercharger installed. I'm almost done, just have to deal with the throttle cable, coolant lines to the carb base, put the oil pan back on, and get the vacuum lines finished up. I decided to give it a compression check before putting it on and realized I had to tear it down. The cylinder walls were just fine, I think the rings were just losing their tension. It didn't burn any oil, but the top rings were a little sticky in the ring lands. I figured they might be because when I bought the car the motor was stuck good, the guy I bought it from tried to free it by towing it and popping the clutch and it still didn't break free. He actually bent the front engine mount down. I also put in the 5 speed originally from my 87 Shelby Charger, new clutch, axle seals, and a lot more while I was at it.

[Turbohwagon]

Cool wana buy my 88 shelby z?

[ClassicChrysler]

Cool wana buy my 88 shelby z?

How much ?

[YouNeverSawMeHere]

that thing is gonna be nasty fast.

[Turbohwagon]

How much ?

2250, has a new turbo/head/short block/clutch APR head studs and mopar perf. head gasket. Basically a new parts list about a mile long.

0 Rust, 16in carol shelby pumpers, a little paint flake and a dent in each front fender that you could take out no problem, and a hand full of nit noid issues left.

/Hijack.

[supercharged024]

I got the Throttle cable hooked up, pcv valve,and heater hoses done to the carb baseplate.

[supercharged024]

Ok, it's been a while since I've had this thread up. My first attempt with the supercharger wasn't working out so I kind of put it on the back burner for a while. I needed to fill in the big space I had at the inlet. The mixture kept falling down in the bottom essentially that was underneath the elbow. It would work above 2,000 but couldn't idle. I also miscalculated the size of the pulley, too big and wasn't making any boost. I filled in the inlet and changed the pulley. It idles fine now, a little high (about 900) but I can live with that. I haven't driven it yet today but the idling problem almost made me give up. I'll let you know how it works as soon as I can.

[RNSF]

Where did you get the pulley?

Also, a bypass valve would fix any idle issue. Not sure how it would hold up with the carb in front of the blower.

[supercharged024]

I don't think a bypass valve can be used on a carb setup. You need to keep drawing from the carb to keep the velocity up, if you put a bypass on it which would essentially recirculate air/fuel it would interrupt the signal from the carb. Maybe a bypass just to help with overboost between shifts could be setup so it opens at a certain boost level and I plumb it back into the inlet. I'm thinking about that if I experience any problems but Mopar had a supercharger kit back in the day and was like your good old fashion blower and they didn't have a bypass on it. So this thing is essentially running like a B&M style supercharger on a V8. I ended up using the original carb, I couldn't get the 2 bbl. Motorcraft carb to run right. I think the 2.2 liter needs a progressive 2 bbl. so it's only idling on 1 bbl.

[Turbohwagon]

Where did you get the pulley?

Also, a bypass valve would fix any idle issue. Not sure how it would hold up with the carb in front of the blower.

dude, 98Riv is demoding, buy his modular pully setup. And X2 on the bypass not working.

[RNSF]

dude, 98Riv is demoding, buy his modular pulley setup. And X2 on the bypass not working.

I doubt he has a 2.5", I think the offset is different for the gm blower too.

[supercharged024]

The pulley is just about 3". I did a little more tinkering and I have the idle down to 650, very acceptable. I am going to have to play with jetting, it's definitely leaning out. I also discovered the primary catalytic converter is almost plugged. It was doing ok without the supercharger but boy was it getting hot and started to glow a little so I'm going to have to drop it and open it up for now.

[RNSF]

The pulley is just about 3". I did a little more tinkering and I have the idle down to 650, very acceptable. I am going to have to play with jetting, it's definitely leaning out. I also discovered the primary catalytic converter is almost plugged. It was doing ok without the supercharger but boy was it getting hot and started to glow a little so I'm going to have to drop it and open it up for now.

Cut it out, you dont need it. You are probably running rich if its glowing.

[supercharged024]

The plugs are white and it knocks if I try to give it some gas so I'll need to start somewhere with more fuel. I'm gonna just hog out the converter first and then I'll see how it runs. It wasn't really glowing, but the outside of it started to smoke from getting pretty hot. I know I hadn't run it much but I figured any fingerprints and oily residue from pressure washing would have already been burned off by now. Anyway, that converter is original and it needs to go anyway.

[RNSF]

Wait... what plugs do you have in there now? What does it call for stock? Did your ever put colder plugs in to eliminate spark knock?